Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
Households headed by a manager or professional: 3.1% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Fleuriel counted 336 residents and 160 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 5.9% of households are single parents. Fewer households without a car than in 68% of compared French towns: 7.8%.
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 Fleuriel
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fleuriel, 15% of its 220 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Fleuriel’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
15% of homes are second homes, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Car-free households: one in 13, where the median compared French town has 11%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: nearly a tenth of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Fleuriel has changed by −2%, slower than 77% 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 median Allier town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −2% and the next six ±0%.
A median age of 50.8: Fleuriel is older than 85% 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
■ Fleuriel 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Fleuriel.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 23%, a lower share than 61% 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
The share of one-person households is 33%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,330 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 Fleuriel’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,330 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 96% 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
Lower than in 53% of compared French towns: 32% of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 83% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 2.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
Married residents make up 39% in Fleuriel, less than in 75% 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 23% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 71% 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
In Fleuriel, a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 336 to 2,582
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.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Fleuriel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleuriel | 50.8 | 25% | 15% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 5.9 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 11.2 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 12.4 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 13.4 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 14.8 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 15.5 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 Fleuriel
What is the population of Fleuriel?
336 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (342).
How old are Fleuriel’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fleuriel?
33, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fleuriel?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fleuriel?
€26,330 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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