A larger share of second homes than 97% of compared French towns: 49%
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 2.4% in Canet-de-Salars and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 1.8%. Fewer households in social housing than in 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%. In 2023, the Census found 451 residents here, living in 210 households.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Canet-de-Salars
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Canet-de-Salars, 49% of its 450 homes: higher than in 97% 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.
4.1% of homes stand empty, below 87% 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
31% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 10% moved in within the last two years. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In Canet-de-Salars, 9.4% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Canet-de-Salars grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 59% 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 median Aveyron town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six +5%.
Older than 75% of compared French towns: half of Canet-de-Salars is over 48.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Canet-de-Salars 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Canet-de-Salars has 8.6%. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (26%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 52% of compared French towns: 26%
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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The average household has 2.1 people. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. On one-person households, 35% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,920 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,920 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
42% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 make up 19%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.6% in Canet-de-Salars, less than in 67% 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.
The share of foreign nationals stands at 4.1%. As a reference point, 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 larger share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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
In Canet-de-Salars, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 76% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Roughly two in ten: a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Canet-de-Salars are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canet-de-Salars | 48.2 | 26% | 49% | 4.6% |
| Luc-la-Primaube 6,046 · 10.8 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 11.9 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 12 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 12.6 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 14 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 15.6 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
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 Canet-de-Salars
What is the population of Canet-de-Salars?
451 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (422).
How old are Canet-de-Salars’ residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Canet-de-Salars?
220, with occasional dwellings: 49% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Canet-de-Salars?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Canet-de-Salars?
€24,920 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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