Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of La Capelle-Bonance is over 61.3
1% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Higher than in 92% of compared French towns: 44% of households are headed by a retired person. At the 2023 Census La Capelle-Bonance was home to 95 people in 48 households. Census figures put flats at 2.9% locally.
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 Capelle-Bonance
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Capelle-Bonance, 52% of its 100 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Capelle-Bonance’s residents are under 61.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Capelle-Bonance sits above 98% of compared French towns for second homes (52%)
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
2.1% of households have no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Of all households, 13% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 81% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aveyron town +1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −15%; 2017 to 2023, +14%.
41% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% 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 Capelle-Bonance 61.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 76 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In La Capelle-Bonance, 11% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
The typical household size is 2 people. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. The share of one-person households stands at 33%.
La Capelle-Bonance ranks above 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 22%
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. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 71% of compared French towns: 4.2% of residents are immigrants
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, La Capelle-Bonance has 3.2%. As a reference point, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, half of residents 15 and over are married in La Capelle-Bonance. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 16% in La Capelle-Bonance, less than in 94% of compared French towns
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 2nd oldest of 41 French towns of 95 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.
La Capelle-Bonance 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Capelle-Bonance | 61.3 | 41% | 52% | 4.2% |
| Sévérac d'Aveyron 4,026 · 8.7 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 20% | 4.1% |
| Espalion 4,605 · 13.6 mi | 53.1 | 35% | 20% | 7.2% |
| Bozouls 3,001 · 14.9 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 9.4% | 2.7% |
| Marvejols 4,764 · 15.1 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 9.7% |
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 Capelle-Bonance
What is the population of La Capelle-Bonance?
95 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (98).
How old are La Capelle-Bonance’s residents?
The median age is 61.3, older than 99% of compared French towns. 6.3% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Capelle-Bonance?
53, with occasional dwellings: 52% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Capelle-Bonance?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (3.2%). 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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