Half of Jailly is over 61.7, older than 99% of compared French towns
A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 14% in Jailly. Here, 57% of households are headed by a retired person. Few places have as many empty homes: 9.1% here, more than in 74% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 67 residents and 36 households in the town.
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 Jailly
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Jailly, 22% of its 52 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Jailly’s residents are under 61.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 22%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 8.6% in Jailly. One household in 12 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Jailly grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 69% 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
In two steps, +5% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −8% in Nièvre.
In Jailly, 3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Jailly 61.7. The median compared French town: 44.
36% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Jailly sits above 79% of compared French towns for one-person households (43%)
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
There are 1.9 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (57%)
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns
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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 22 here (4.5%). Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Jailly ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 10%
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
Married residents: 47%, above just over three quarters of compared French towns. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Locally, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Jailly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jailly | 61.7 | 36% | 22% | 4.5% |
| Guérigny 2,505 · 13 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.5% |
| La Machine 3,192 · 14 mi | 54.8 | 35% | 6.2% | 4% |
| Imphy 3,182 · 15.2 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 2.6% | 6.5% |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers 3,688 · 15.4 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 1.6% | 4.6% |
| Varennes-Vauzelles 9,146 · 16.4 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Nevers 33,085 · 16.7 mi | 45.5 | 26% | 3.5% | 14% |
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 Jailly
What is the population of Jailly?
67 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (61).
How old are Jailly’s residents?
The median age is 61.7, older than 99% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jailly?
11, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jailly?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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