Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Estaing is over 59.1
Single-parent households make up 3.6%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. At 0.4%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Estaing’s population at 502, in 280 households. 47% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Estaing
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Estaing, 30% of its 460 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Estaing’s residents are under 59.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Estaing had 593 residents at the 2012 census and 502 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
Empty homes make up 9.8%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few flats: 18% here, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 14% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more.
Since 2012, Estaing has changed by −15%, slower than 99% 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 change was −20%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aveyron town +1%.
Estaing ranks above 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 39%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Estaing 59.1. The median compared French town: 44.
6.1% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Estaing sits below 83% of compared French towns for couples with children (18%)
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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 43% of households are one person living alone in Estaing. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.8 people.
Median standard of living: €24,980 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.
Living standards centre on €24,980 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 7.2% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 8.9%, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4.9% of residents are immigrants in Estaing
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 64% of compared French towns. Here, 3.1% 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 89% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 71% of compared French towns: 24%
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. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 502 to 2,582 people
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Estaing
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estaing | 59.1 | 39% | 30% | 4.9% |
| Espalion 4,605 · 4.8 mi | 53.1 | 35% | 20% | 7.2% |
| Bozouls 3,001 · 6.4 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 9.4% | 2.7% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 10.9 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 13.6 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 14.8 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 16.1 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
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 Estaing
What is the population of Estaing?
502 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (593).
How old are Estaing’s residents?
The median age is 59.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Estaing?
140, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Estaing?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Estaing?
€24,980 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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