Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of La Bastide-Pradines is over 57.1
Here 4.6% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Across La Bastide-Pradines, 58% of households are headed by a retired person. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census La Bastide-Pradines was home to 122 people in 66 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 La Bastide-Pradines
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 64 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Bastide-Pradines, 46% of its 140 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 98% 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 La Bastide-Pradines’ residents are under 57.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In La Bastide-Pradines, 46% of homes are second homes, more than in 97% of compared French towns
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
Without a car: one household in 10, against 11% in the median compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 15% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 21%. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
Growth of +12% since 2012 puts La Bastide-Pradines ahead of 75% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aveyron town +1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −7%; from 2017 to 2023, +21%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.2% in La Bastide-Pradines, less 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
■ La Bastide-Pradines 57.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 75% of compared French towns, at 42%
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
8.3% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. The average household has 1.9 people.
In La Bastide-Pradines, 25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 96% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 77% 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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 29 here (3.5%). The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 93% of compared French towns, at 34%
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 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of residents 15 and over are single here. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
La Bastide-Pradines sits below 77% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 16% in La Bastide-Pradines and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 122 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.
Every neighbor is younger than La Bastide-Pradines
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bastide-Pradines | 57.1 | 35% | 46% | 3.5% |
| Millau 22,044 · 7 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 8.9 mi | 49.9 | 30% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
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 La Bastide-Pradines
What is the population of La Bastide-Pradines?
122 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (109).
How old are La Bastide-Pradines’ residents?
The median age is 57.1, older than 96% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Bastide-Pradines?
64, with occasional dwellings: 46% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Bastide-Pradines?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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