A median age of 55: Le Clapier is older than 94% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 96 residents in 53 households: that is Le Clapier at the 2023 Census. For Le Clapier, the census puts empty homes at 17%. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Le Clapier has 5.5%.
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 Le Clapier
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Clapier, 35% of its 110 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 92% 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 Le Clapier’s residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Le Clapier had 75 residents at the 2012 census and 96 in 2023, up 28%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Le Clapier’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 38% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Le Clapier, the census puts households without a car at 7.5%. Without a car: one household in 13, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Le Clapier grew +28% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aveyron town +1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +4%; 2017 to 2023, +23%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 6.3% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Clapier 55. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 30% in Le Clapier and 22% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
One-person households: 50%, a higher share than 94% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Roughly two in ten: 20% of households are couples with children. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 20% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Le Clapier has 10%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 81% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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.
The median compared commune in Aveyron has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 81% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 4.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Le Clapier, 30% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Le Clapier, 21%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Above 70% of compared French towns: 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Here 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 6th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Le Clapier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Clapier | 55 | 30% | 35% | 3.1% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 9.6 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 14.9 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 17.1 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 Le Clapier
What is the population of Le Clapier?
96 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 28% more than in 2012 (75).
How old are Le Clapier’s residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Clapier?
38, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Clapier?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (4.2%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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