Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%
In Jenzat, 7.9% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. On households in social housing, Jenzat sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 2.4%. Census day 2023: 517 residents and 250 households locally. Put another way, about one in 34: 2.9% of homes are flats.
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 Jenzat
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Jenzat, 13% of its 320 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 13%
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
One household in 12 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 8.2% of the total. Higher than in 68% of compared French towns: 8.4% of homes stand empty.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 78% 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 first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, +2%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Allier town −1%.
Jenzat is older than 73% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Jenzat 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 26%, Jenzat is ahead of 72% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are couples with children, below 71% 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
Single-parent households make up 7.8%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people. On one-person households, Jenzat sits lower than 53% of compared French towns: 35%. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €25,870 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 Jenzat’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,870 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 29% of households are headed by a retired person
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 Jenzat, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. 1.9% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 29% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 93% of compared French towns: 1.9%
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: 1.3% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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
At 43%, the share of married residents is lower than in 52% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Jenzat sits below 61% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (17%)
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 32%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Every neighbor is older than Jenzat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenzat | 47.8 | 26% | 13% | 1.9% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 4.5 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Aigueperse 2,665 · 9.6 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 10.4 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 10.9 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Vichy 25,115 · 11.3 mi | 53.1 | 37% | 8.5% | 11% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 11.4 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
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 Jenzat
What is the population of Jenzat?
517 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (527).
How old are Jenzat’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 73% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jenzat?
40, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jenzat?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jenzat?
€25,870 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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