Half of Firmi is over 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Firmi has 45%. Second homes make up about one in 17 here (5.9%). Couples with children are rarer here than in 77% of compared French towns. This Aveyron town had 2,318 residents in 1,130 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Firmi
An older town
Half of Firmi’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Firmi had 2,463 residents at the 2012 census and 2,318 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 200 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Firmi changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 91% 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 −3% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aveyron town +1%.
Firmi sits below 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Firmi 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 34% in Firmi and 22% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Firmi ranks below 80% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 8%
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
A household here holds 2 people on average. 38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 63% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
Firmi sits above 93% of compared French towns for empty homes (14%)
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
6.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). Households without a car: nearly a tenth of the total. Few places have so few flats: 19% here, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,400 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 €24,400 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns. Some 15.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 90% of compared French towns, at 4.5%
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: 15% of the total. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.7% in Firmi, less than in 66% 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.
Foreign nationals: 3.1% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
Fewer single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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 Firmi, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Firmi
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,318 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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).
Older than Firmi: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firmi | 54.8 | 34% | 5.9% | 4.7% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 2.7 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 3.3 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 11.7 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 14.7 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 14.9 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 16.9 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
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 Firmi
What is the population of Firmi?
2,318 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (2,463).
How old are Firmi’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Firmi?
83, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Firmi?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 71 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Firmi?
€24,400 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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