Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Fayet is over 60.3
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Fayet’s 130 households held 235 residents at the 2023 Census. For Fayet, the census puts couples with children at 12%. The figure for households headed by a retired person is 55% in Fayet and 32% in the typical compared French town.
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 Fayet
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 190 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fayet, 56% of its 340 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Fayet’s residents are under 60.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fayet had 259 residents at the 2012 census and 235 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.
Fayet ranks above 98% of compared French towns on second homes: 56%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Fayet has 5.2%. Locally, 8% of households have no car. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 6%, fewer than in 60% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Fayet changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, −9%.
42% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fayet 60.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Fayet, 3.6%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
More one-person households than 87% of compared French towns: 46%
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
Each household has 1.8 people on average. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Few places have as many single-parent households: 11% here, more than in 68% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,450 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.
At €22,450 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 94% 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Elsewhere, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns, at 3.5%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.6% in Fayet. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fayet ranks above 81% of compared French towns on married residents: 48%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Fayet comes in at 23%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
23% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 235 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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).
Fayet is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayet | 60.3 | 42% | 56% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 11.6 mi | 49.9 | 30% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 15.9 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 17.8 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
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 Fayet
What is the population of Fayet?
235 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (259).
How old are Fayet’s residents?
The median age is 60.3, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fayet?
190, with occasional dwellings: 56% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fayet?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fayet?
€22,450 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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