Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2%
By its share of households without a car (4.1%), Bayet is below 94% of compared French towns. The town counted 672 residents and 300 households at the 2023 Census. About one in ten: that is how common empty homes are in Bayet (10%). Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 3.3%, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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.
Slower growth than 77% of compared French towns: Bayet changed by −2% since 2012
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 Allier town −1%.
Bayet ranks below 69% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bayet 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Bayet’s residents are over 45.3, older than in 59% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. For Bayet, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Bayet: 30% of households are couples with children, above 75% of compared French towns
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Bayet has 30%. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people. On single-parent households, Bayet sits lower than 50% of compared French towns: 10%.
Bayet ranks below 83% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 5.7%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 23%. 5% of homes are second homes, more than in 77% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town.
€25,400 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.
Half of Bayet’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,400 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Bayet sits above 76% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (18%)
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 retired person: 30%, below 63% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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).
1.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.6% in Bayet. For comparison, 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.
In Bayet, 37% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 84% 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
Here, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 91% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Fewer adults with no qualification than in 54% of compared French towns: 18%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 672 to 2,582 people
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).
Every neighbor is older than Bayet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayet | 45.3 | 19% | 5% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 3.7 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 7.7 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 8.6 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 10.2 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 11.4 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 11.4 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
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 Bayet
What is the population of Bayet?
672 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (684).
How old are Bayet’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bayet?
18, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bayet?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bayet?
€25,400 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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