In Saint-Caprais, 1.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Saint-Caprais has 56%. At 44%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 82% of compared French towns. Here, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
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 Saint-Caprais
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Caprais, 20% of its 71 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Saint-Caprais had 86 residents at the 2012 census and 103 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
18% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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
4.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 32% have been in their home 30 years or more. Few places have as many second homes: 20% here, more than in 93% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Saint-Caprais comes in at 9.1%.
+20% since 2012, a pace 90% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +5% to 2017, then +14% to 2023.
Older than 70% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Caprais is over 47.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Caprais 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Caprais ranks above 88% of compared French towns on couples with children: 33%
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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 60% of compared French towns: 11%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 73% of compared French towns: 7.8%
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 64% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 8.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
31% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 share of married residents trails 77% of compared French towns: 39%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 60% of compared French towns, at 33%
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
Here just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (103 to 2,582 people), 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Saint-Caprais
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Caprais | 47.2 | 26% | 20% | 8.7% |
| Désertines 4,259 · 14.5 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 1.5% | 5% |
| Montluçon 33,147 · 15.9 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Domérat 8,622 · 16 mi | 53.5 | 33% | 1.6% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 16.3 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Huriel 2,536 · 17 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 4% | 2.5% |
| Prémilhat 2,540 · 17.9 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.9% |
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 Saint-Caprais
What is the population of Saint-Caprais?
103 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (86).
How old are Saint-Caprais’ residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Caprais?
14, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Caprais?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.7% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (7.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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