A median age of 58.5: Prémery is older than 97% of compared French towns
By its share of single-parent households (4.5%), Prémery is below 99% of compared French towns. At 4.9%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 86% of compared French towns. This Nièvre town had 1,734 residents in 920 households at the 2023 census. In Prémery, 7.5% of homes are second homes.
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 Prémery
An older town
Half of Prémery’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Prémery had 1,950 residents at the 2012 census and 1,734 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 290 homes empty (22%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
47% of Prémery’s households are one person: higher than in 89% of compared French towns; 36% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Prémery’s population moved −11% on 2012, less than in 98% 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
The median Nièvre town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six −6%.
40% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Prémery 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 16% in Prémery, less than in 88% 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
Households average 1.8 people. One-person households are more common here than in 89% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
22% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 6.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. The census found that 16% of homes are flats in Prémery. This Nièvre town has more households without a car than 77% of compared French towns, at 17%. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,610 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,610 a year: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
49% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Across Prémery, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. 4.9% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 49% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 73% of compared French towns: 4%
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.
2.6% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 69% of compared French towns: 40%
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 share of single residents is 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 97% 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
With adults with no qualification at 27%, Prémery is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,734 to 2,582 people), the 4th oldest
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).
Prémery is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prémery | 58.5 | 40% | 7.5% | 4% |
| Guérigny 2,505 · 8.6 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.5% |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers 3,688 · 13.6 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 1.6% | 4.6% |
| Varennes-Vauzelles 9,146 · 13.9 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| La Charité-sur-Loire 4,705 · 14.6 mi | 54 | 36% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
| Garchizy 3,648 · 14.6 mi | 45 | 23% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Nevers 33,085 · 15.1 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 Prémery
What is the population of Prémery?
1,734 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (1,950).
How old are Prémery’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prémery?
98, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prémery?
INSEE counts 70 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prémery?
€22,610 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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