This center console has a box (10), a console door (30), and a shock-absorbing part (22). The box (10) is installed on the floor in the interior of a vehicle. The console door (30) is attached to an upper wall (20U) of a rear part of the box (10) by a hinge (38) and opens and closes an opening in the top surface of the box (10) by rotating around said hinge (38). The shock-absorbing part (22) divides the rear part of the box (10) into the aforementioned upper wall (20U) and a lower wall (20L), joins said upper wall (20U) and lower wall (20L) together with a step therebetween, and is set to be thinner than the upper and lower walls (20U and 20L).