Households without a car make up 3.3% in Flavin, less than in 98% of compared French towns
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Flavin has 26%. Its 1,050 households held 2,392 residents at the 2023 Census. In Flavin, 4% of households rent social housing (HLM). Lower than in 92% of compared French towns: 8% of residents are 15 to 24.
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.
Flavin grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 53% 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
Over those years, the median Aveyron town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then +3% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21%, a lower share than 59% 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
■ Flavin 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Flavin is 43.9, lower than in 51% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 82% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Flavin comes in at 7.2%. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Flavin sits below 84% of compared French towns for flats (11%)
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
The figure for empty homes is 8.5% in Flavin and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Across Flavin, 5.7% of homes are second homes.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,010 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 €27,010 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 61% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 9.0% of residents.
In Flavin, 28% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 73% 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 census found that 13% of households are headed by a manual worker in Flavin. Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 52% of compared French towns: 9.2%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, below 94% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Flavin, 0.6%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 98% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Flavin has 51%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns: 13%
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
34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,392 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Flavin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavin | 43.9 | 21% | 5.7% | 1.8% |
| Luc-la-Primaube 6,046 · 3 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 4.3 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 4.9 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 5.9 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 7.9 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 8.2 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 Flavin
What is the population of Flavin?
2,392 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (2,268).
How old are Flavin’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Flavin?
70, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Flavin?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Flavin?
€27,010 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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