0.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
By its share of households in social housing (3.2%), Orches is below 93% of compared French towns. 7.8% of homes are second homes, or about one in 13. The median age here is 49.8, higher than in 83% of compared French towns. This Vienne town counted 353 residents and 170 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Orches
Fewer residents than in 2012
Orches had 389 residents at the 2012 census and 353 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 37 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −9% change since 2012: slower than 96% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vienne town +4%.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 8.1% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Orches 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over here. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Orches sits below 78% of compared French towns for couples with children (19%)
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
Here nearly one in ten households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Each household has 2.1 people on average. 34% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 57% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children.
Orches sits above 97% of compared French towns for empty homes (16%)
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
5.3% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,300 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.
Living standards centre on €23,300 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Orches: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 12%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Orches has fewer households headed by a retired person than 58% of compared French towns, at 31%. Measured more widely, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.7%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Orches has 2%. On average, 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.
Fewer single residents than 88% of compared French towns: 21%
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 married residents is 46%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 353 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than Orches: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orches | 49.8 | 26% | 7.8% | 1.7% |
| Thuré 2,765 · 8 mi | 50 | 27% | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Naintré 5,964 · 11.2 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 1.2% | 4.7% |
| Châtellerault 31,003 · 11.4 mi | 48.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Pallu 5,713 · 11.8 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 3% | 1.7% |
| Beaumont Saint-Cyr 2,908 · 11.9 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| Jaunay-Marigny 7,528 · 13.2 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
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 Orches
What is the population of Orches?
353 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (389).
How old are Orches’ residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 83% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orches?
18, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orches?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orches?
€23,300 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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