Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Conques-en-Rouergue is over 57.8
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 4.2% in Conques-en-Rouergue. Here, 1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). At 12%, the share of flats is lower than in 84% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,540, in 820 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 Conques-en-Rouergue
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 440 second homes and occasional dwellings in Conques-en-Rouergue, 31% of its 1,390 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 90% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Conques-en-Rouergue’s residents are under 57.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Conques-en-Rouergue had 1,694 residents at the 2012 census and 1,540 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Conques-en-Rouergue ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 31%
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
Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%. Empty homes make up about one in ten here (9.8%). Lower than in 61% of compared French towns: 8.8% of households have no car. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −9% since 2012, behind 96% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aveyron town +1%.
In Conques-en-Rouergue, 5.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Conques-en-Rouergue 57.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Conques-en-Rouergue has 37%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
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: 5.4% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 41%, more than in 72% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.9 people.
€24,390 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,390 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
51% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 98% 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
One in ten households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 5%, a lower share than 63% 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 median compared commune in Aveyron has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns. Locally, 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 96% 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
Here 50% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 61% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Conques-en-Rouergue comes in at 21%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,540 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Conques-en-Rouergue
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conques-en-Rouergue | 57.8 | 37% | 31% | 5% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 7.2 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 7.5 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 15.2 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 15.3 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 15.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 16.7 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
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 Conques-en-Rouergue
What is the population of Conques-en-Rouergue?
1,540 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (1,694).
How old are Conques-en-Rouergue’s residents?
The median age is 57.8, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Conques-en-Rouergue?
440, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Conques-en-Rouergue?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 65 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Conques-en-Rouergue?
€24,390 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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