In Cerisiers, 15% of homes are second homes, more than in 91% of compared French towns
3.2% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). More households headed by a retired person than in 88% of compared French towns: 42%. The 2023 Census put Cerisiers’s population at 988, in 440 households. In Cerisiers, 29% of households are couples with children.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Cerisiers
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 85 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cerisiers, 15% of its 570 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 7.3% of homes are flats in Cerisiers
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
The share of households without a car is 7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, 7.9% of homes stand empty, more than in 63% of compared French towns. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
±0% since 2012: slower than 71% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, ±0%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Yonne town −4%.
Cerisiers ranks below 65% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cerisiers 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Cerisiers’s residents are over 44.3, older than in just over half of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Across Cerisiers, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Only 3.4% of households are single parents in Cerisiers
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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. On one-person households, Cerisiers sits lower than 55% of compared French towns: 34%.
A median standard of living of €25,640 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.
At €25,640 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
3.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 95% 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 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Cerisiers comes in at 12%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cerisiers sits below 81% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.1%)
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Cerisiers has 2.5%. The median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
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 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Here, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 68% 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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (20%). On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 988 to 2,582 people, the 16th youngest
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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Cerisiers, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerisiers | 44.3 | 22% | 15% | 3.1% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 5,135 · 9.5 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
| Sens 27,106 · 10.4 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 10.9 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Joigny 9,016 · 11 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 21% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 11 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Migennes 6,688 · 11.2 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 1.8% | 17% |
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 Cerisiers
What is the population of Cerisiers?
988 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (991).
How old are Cerisiers’ residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 51% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cerisiers?
85, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cerisiers?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cerisiers?
€25,640 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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