0.7% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
2.2% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Census figures put households in social housing at 1.6% in Jardres. Fewer one-person households than in 98% of compared French towns: 22%. At the 2023 Census Jardres was home to 1,250 people in 500 households.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Jardres
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 6.9% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+4% since 2012: slower than 54% 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
Here the change came as +6% to 2017, then −2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Vienne.
Half of Jardres is under 41.5, younger than 69% 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
■ Jardres 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 19% of residents are 65 or over here. Across Jardres, 9.7% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Jardres sits above 93% of compared French towns for couples with children (35%)
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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
6.9% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
A smaller share of empty homes than 82% of compared French towns: 4.5%
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
26% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.2% moved in within the last two years. Jardres has more second homes than 57% of compared French towns, at 2.6%. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%.
€27,890 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €27,890 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
11% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 71% 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Jardres comes in at 6.9%. A third of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.4% of residents are immigrants in Jardres
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.
0.7% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Jardres sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (55%)
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Jardres has 17%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In Jardres, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 86% 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 61% of compared French towns: 33%. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
Ranked by age, 7th youngest 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).
Jardres is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jardres | 41.5 | 19% | 2.6% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Julien-l'Ars 2,880 · 3.4 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Chauvigny 7,007 · 3.8 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 5.2% | 2.7% |
| Valdivienne 2,715 · 5.6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Nieuil-l'Espoir 2,631 · 7.6 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 1.9% |
| Montamisé 3,723 · 7.9 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 3.2% |
| Mignaloux-Beauvoir 5,229 · 7.9 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 1.7% | 6% |
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 Jardres
What is the population of Jardres?
1,250 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,204).
How old are Jardres’ residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jardres?
14, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jardres?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jardres?
€27,890 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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