Flats make up 1.4% in Blomard, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 1% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. The census found that 6.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Blomard. On households without a car, Blomard sits lower than 88% of compared French towns: 5%. At the 2023 Census Blomard was home to 222 people in 100 households.
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 Blomard
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Blomard, 13% of its 140 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 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.
Empty homes make up 16% in Blomard, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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
Without a car: one household in 20, against 11% in the median compared French town. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes account for 13%.
Blomard changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 57% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Allier town, the change came in two steps: +15% from 2012 to 2017, then −10% to 2023.
A median age of 47.7: Blomard is older than 73% 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
■ Blomard 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
100 households; 35% are one person
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On couples with children, 25% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €23,640 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.
Half of Blomard’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,640 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 86% of compared French towns, at 5%
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
35% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in seven here (15%). Against that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Blomard ranks below 77% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.6%
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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 28 here (3.6%). For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Blomard ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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 figure for married residents is 47% in Blomard and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 99% 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
On adults with no qualification, Blomard sits lower than 53% of compared French towns: 19%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 222 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Blomard
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blomard | 47.7 | 26% | 13% | 3.6% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 10.5 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 3,480 · 11.3 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 4.8% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 15.8 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Désertines 4,259 · 16.7 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 1.5% | 5% |
| Montluçon 33,147 · 17.6 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 18 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
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 Blomard
What is the population of Blomard?
222 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (215).
How old are Blomard’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blomard?
19, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blomard?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blomard?
€23,640 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.