Above 98% of compared French towns: 51% of households are headed by a retired person
Here 3.5% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Fewer flats than in 95% of compared French towns: 5.4%. La Ferté-Hauterive is home to 254 residents in 130 households, by the 2023 Census. Single-parent households account for 7.6%.
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 La Ferté-Hauterive
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Ferté-Hauterive had 290 residents at the 2012 census and 254 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Ferté-Hauterive changed by −12% from 2012 to 2023, behind 98% 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
Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then −14% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Allier.
La Ferté-Hauterive is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Ferté-Hauterive 49.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.6%, against 11% 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%.
Couples with children make up 23% in La Ferté-Hauterive, less than in 62% 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
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 33% in La Ferté-Hauterive. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2 people.
5% of homes are second homes, a share 77% 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
Here 7.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 18 here (5.7%).
At the median, €26,370 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,370 a year: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
6.6% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 92% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 88% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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.
Here 2% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Typically, 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.
Single residents make up 23% in La Ferté-Hauterive, less than in 74% 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
Married residents come to 42% in La Ferté-Hauterive, about four in ten. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
La Ferté-Hauterive ranks below 78% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 22%
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 adults with no qualification tops 66% of compared French towns: 22%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (254 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
La Ferté-Hauterive sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Ferté-Hauterive | 49.9 | 24% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 6.2 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 6.6 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Yzeure 12,897 · 11.4 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.4% |
| Moulins 19,206 · 11.5 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 4.3% | 9.9% |
| Avermes 4,074 · 13.4 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 14.1 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3% | 4.3% |
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 La Ferté-Hauterive
What is the population of La Ferté-Hauterive?
254 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (290).
How old are La Ferté-Hauterive’s residents?
The median age is 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Ferté-Hauterive?
7, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Ferté-Hauterive?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Ferté-Hauterive?
€26,370 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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