Photo: Yzergues · CC BY-SA 4.04.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
The figure for households in social housing is 5.4% in Huriel and 12% in the typical compared French town. On households headed by a manual worker, Huriel sits higher than 90% of compared French towns: 22%. This Allier town counted 2,536 residents and 1,170 households at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households account for 7.3%.
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 Huriel
Empty homes
The census found 230 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Huriel had 2,663 residents at the 2012 census and 2,536 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 87% 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 change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.1%, a lower share than 92% 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
■ Huriel 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Huriel’s residents are over 48.5, older than in 77% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. For Huriel, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 27%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 65% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. 26% of households are couples with children, more than in 55% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 16%, a higher share than 97% 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
29% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.5% moved in within the last two years. Fewer households without a car than in 78% of compared French towns: 6.3%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Huriel has 4%.
A median standard of living of €24,710 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,710 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 64% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 13.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.3% in Huriel, less than in 91% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 36% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 9.4% of 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).
2.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 87% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Huriel. The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Huriel
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
With married residents at 48%, Huriel is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Huriel sits below 77% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 2,507 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).
4 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Huriel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huriel | 48.5 | 27% | 4% | 2.5% |
| Domérat 8,622 · 2.8 mi | 53.5 | 33% | 1.6% | 4.4% |
| Prémilhat 2,540 · 4.7 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.9% |
| Montluçon 33,147 · 5.7 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Désertines 4,259 · 6.4 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 1.5% | 5% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 13.5 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
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 Huriel
What is the population of Huriel?
2,536 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (2,663).
How old are Huriel’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Huriel?
59, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Huriel?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Huriel?
€24,710 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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