Billezois sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2%)
The share of households without a car is 2.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. 363 residents in 160 households: that is Billezois at the 2023 Census. Here, 28% of households are one person living alone. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 2.9% here, fewer than in 98% 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.
What stands out about the people of Billezois
Fewer residents than in 2012
Billezois had 395 residents at the 2012 census and 363 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−8% since 2012, a pace below 95% 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 −4% to 2017, then −4% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Allier.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 26% in Billezois, more than in 70% 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
■ Billezois 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Billezois’s residents are over 45.5, older than in 60% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9%.
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%.
28% of households are couples with children, more than in 66% 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 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Billezois has 12%. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.2 people each.
A higher share of second homes than 85% of compared French towns, at 7.9%
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. On the census count, 9% of homes stand empty.
€24,490 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 €24,490 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 36% in Billezois, more than in 99% 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
The census found that 31% of households are headed by a retired person in Billezois. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Billezois, 1% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 93% 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.
The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 82% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up about one in 33 here (3%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Billezois: 48% of residents 15 and over are married, above 83% 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
By its share of single residents (21%), Billezois is below 83% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Billezois ranks below 92% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Billezois, 22%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (363 to 2,582 people), the 21st 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Billezois is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billezois | 45.5 | 26% | 7.9% | 3% |
| Lapalisse 3,138 · 3.7 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 3% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 6.8 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 7.9 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
| Cusset 13,316 · 8.1 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Vichy 25,115 · 9.4 mi | 53.1 | 37% | 8.5% | 11% |
| Abrest 2,915 · 10.2 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
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 Billezois
What is the population of Billezois?
363 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (395).
How old are Billezois’ residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Billezois?
16, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Billezois?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Billezois?
€24,490 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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