In Compeyre, 6.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
With households without a car at 5.7%, Compeyre is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. Flats are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 526 residents and 240 households here. In Compeyre, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone.
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 Compeyre
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 69 second homes and occasional dwellings in Compeyre, 20% of its 340 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 97% 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.
20% of homes are second homes, a share 93% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Compeyre, the census puts empty homes at 11%.
A change of +1% since 2012 leaves Compeyre behind 64% 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 change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 49.6: Compeyre is older than 81% 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
■ Compeyre 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
For Compeyre, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 8.7% of households are single parents
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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 26%, more than in 53% of compared French towns. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,200 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,200 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
In Compeyre, 8.7% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 84% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 6.5%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Across Compeyre, 37% of households are headed by a retired person. 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).
1.2% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 92% 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 immigrants trails just over four fifths of compared French towns: 3.1%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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: 50%, above 91% of compared French towns. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 7.3%, a lower share than 99% 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
36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 526 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 2 of the 3 around it: Compeyre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compeyre | 49.6 | 23% | 20% | 3.1% |
| Millau 22,044 · 4.4 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Sévérac d'Aveyron 4,026 · 11.9 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 20% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 18 mi | 49.9 | 30% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
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 Compeyre
What is the population of Compeyre?
526 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (519).
How old are Compeyre’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 81% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Compeyre?
69, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Compeyre?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Compeyre?
€26,200 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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