Half of Cuisery is over 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns
The share of couples with children trails four fifths of compared French towns: 19%. Households in social housing make up about one in 38 here (2.6%). Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 23% here, more than in 92% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Cuisery’s population at 1,576, in 750 households.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Cuisery
An older town
Half of Cuisery’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cuisery had 1,685 residents at the 2012 census and 1,576 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 140 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −6% since 2012, behind 92% 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 change was −9%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 35%, a higher share than 93% 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
■ Cuisery 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24 in Cuisery. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 5.2% of households are single parents in Cuisery
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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Two in five households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. The average household has 1.9 people.
15% of homes stand empty, more than in 95% 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 11% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households have no car here. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 4.2% of homes are second homes, or about one in 24.
Median living standard: €25,570 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 €25,570 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Cuisery sits above 76% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (38%)
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
Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 9.3% in Cuisery. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cuisery sits below 80% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.2%)
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 Cuisery, 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 89% 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
Married residents: 46%, above 72% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
24% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
41 French towns of 1,576 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Cuisery
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuisery | 54.6 | 35% | 4.2% | 3.2% |
| Tournus 5,701 · 4.5 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 8.3 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône 3,214 · 11.7 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 12.2 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Marcel 6,211 · 15.8 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 15.9 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
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 Cuisery
What is the population of Cuisery?
1,576 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,685).
How old are Cuisery’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cuisery?
39, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cuisery?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cuisery?
€25,570 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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