Laféline is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 173 residents in 90 households: that is Laféline at the 2023 Census. For Laféline, the census puts flats at 0.8%. In Laféline, 4.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town.
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 Laféline
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Laféline, 24% of its 130 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Laféline had 200 residents at the 2012 census and 173 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Laféline’s residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
24% of homes in Laféline are second 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 3.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 4.8%, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. At 6.8%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −14% since 2012, behind 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Allier. Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −12% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 77% of compared French towns: 9.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Laféline 55. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
18% of households are couples with children, below 83% 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
A household here holds 1.9 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,330 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €26,330 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
In Laféline, 53% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
In Laféline, 24% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of single residents than 75% of compared French towns, at 29%
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
The figure for married residents is 40% in Laféline and 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Laféline, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Laféline (19%). For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 173 to 2,582 people: this is the 6th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Laféline
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laféline | 55 | 23% | 24% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 6.3 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 11.1 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 15.9 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Moulins 19,206 · 16.8 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 4.3% | 9.9% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 17 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Yzeure 12,897 · 17.3 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.4% |
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 Laféline
What is the population of Laféline?
173 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (200).
How old are Laféline’s residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laféline?
31, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laféline?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laféline?
€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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