Photo: Yhpmi · CC BY-SA 4.0Households headed by a manager or professional make up 2.7% in Imphy, less than in 98% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.7%, below 86% of compared French towns. 19% of households have no car, more than in 80% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Imphy’s population at 3,182, in 1,630 households. Households in social housing: 14% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Nièvre median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Imphy
Fewer residents than in 2012
Imphy had 3,637 residents at the 2012 census and 3,182 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 310 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Imphy’s households are one person: higher than in 90% of compared French towns; 38% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Imphy’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −13% since 2012, behind 99% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −8%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nièvre town −8%.
Older than 87% of compared French towns: half of Imphy is over 51.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Imphy 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 31%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 15%, a lower share than 91% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 1.9 people. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 48%, more than in 90% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 9.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
More empty homes than 96% of compared French towns: 15%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
9.2% of households arrived within the last two years, while 26% have stayed 30 years or more. More second homes than in 57% of compared French towns: 2.6%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. By its share of flats (28%), Imphy is below 53% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €22,830 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,830 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 18.0% of the population.
In Imphy, 41% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 85% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manual worker: 19%, above nearly four fifths of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Imphy: 6.5% of residents are immigrants
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
In Imphy, 4.4% of residents are foreign nationals. That is lower than in 50% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nièvre has 5.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 36% in Imphy, less than in 87% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
The figure for single residents is 31% in Imphy and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Imphy, 13% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
By its share of adults with no qualification (30%), Imphy is above 90% of compared French towns.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 3,167 to 3,199
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Thierville-sur-Meuse (37.1), the youngest, and Meschers-sur-Gironde (66.1), the oldest.
Imphy and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imphy | 51.3 | 31% | 2.6% | 6.5% |
| Nevers 33,085 · 6.8 mi | 45.5 | 26% | 3.5% | 14% |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers 3,688 · 7.1 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 1.6% | 4.6% |
| Varennes-Vauzelles 9,146 · 8.4 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Marzy 3,623 · 9.3 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
| La Machine 3,192 · 9.6 mi | 54.8 | 35% | 6.2% | 4% |
| Fourchambault 3,992 · 10.6 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Imphy
What is the population of Imphy?
3,182 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (3,637).
How old are Imphy’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Imphy?
51, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Imphy?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Imphy?
€22,830 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% of residents live below the poverty line. Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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