More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 19%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Treban has 4.7%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 370, in 170 households. Across Treban, 2.4% of homes are flats. 6.2% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 95% of compared French towns.
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 Treban
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Treban, 13% of its 250 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 47 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Treban had 399 residents at the 2012 census and 370 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 13% of its 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
The figure for households in social housing is 5.9% in Treban and 12% in the typical compared French town. 11% of households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes.
A −7% change since 2012: slower than 93% 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 −3%; the six to 2023, −4%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Allier town −1%.
Half of Treban is over 46.7, older than 68% 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
■ Treban 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%, Treban is behind 58% of compared French towns on that count. Residents aged 65 and over: a quarter of the total.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 36% in Treban, more than in 53% 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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 25%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,610 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 median standard of living in Treban is €23,610 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
Only 30% of households are headed by a retired person in Treban
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. As a reference point, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Here, 15% 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).
Immigrants: 3.3%, a lower share than 79% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals here. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, below 70% 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
Lower than in 52% of compared French towns: 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Below 85% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
In Treban, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (370 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Older than Treban: 4 of the 5 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treban | 46.7 | 25% | 13% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 8.8 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 12.5 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Moulins 19,206 · 13.3 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 4.3% | 9.9% |
| Yzeure 12,897 · 13.9 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.4% |
| Avermes 4,074 · 14.5 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
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 Treban
What is the population of Treban?
370 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (399).
How old are Treban’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Treban?
31, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Treban?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Treban?
€23,610 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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