Flats: 1.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The share of one-person households trails 91% of compared French towns: 26%. Put another way, about one in 45: 2.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Households without a car are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns. Espinasse-Vozelle had 995 residents in 440 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
A +7% change since 2012: faster than 58% 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 +6%; 2017 to 2023, ±0%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Allier town −1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%, a lower share than 89% 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
■ Espinasse-Vozelle 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Espinasse-Vozelle’s residents are over 45.6, older than in 60% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 13% in Espinasse-Vozelle, more than in 88% 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
Average household size: 2.3 people. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 27%, more than in 61% of compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 3% of its homes
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
Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6% (under two years). Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 6.5%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,390 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.
The median standard of living in Espinasse-Vozelle is €27,390 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 78% of compared French towns: 38%
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
In Espinasse-Vozelle, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Here, 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 84% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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, Espinasse-Vozelle has 2.2%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 95% 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
Census figures put married residents at 42% in Espinasse-Vozelle. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 11%, a lower share than 91% 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
Graduates of higher education: 32% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
41 French towns of 995 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Espinasse-Vozelle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Espinasse-Vozelle | 45.6 | 24% | 3% | 2.8% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 3.4 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
| Vichy 25,115 · 4.5 mi | 53.1 | 37% | 8.5% | 11% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 5.2 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
| Cusset 13,316 · 5.8 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Abrest 2,915 · 5.9 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 6.9 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 Espinasse-Vozelle
What is the population of Espinasse-Vozelle?
995 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (932).
How old are Espinasse-Vozelle’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Espinasse-Vozelle?
14, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Espinasse-Vozelle?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Espinasse-Vozelle?
€27,390 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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