25% of homes are second homes, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Mouret, 2.7% of homes are flats. There were 240 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 560 residents. The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 4.4%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
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 Mouret
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 95 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mouret, 25% of its 370 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Mouret, 5.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 84% 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 18, against 11% in the median compared French town. Here, one in ten homes stand empty.
Faster growth than 70% of compared French towns: Mouret changed by +10% since 2012
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
In two steps, +6% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Aveyron.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 8.2% 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
■ Mouret 46. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Mouret is 46, higher than in 63% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 91% 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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are single parents here. Mouret has more couples with children than 87% of compared French towns, at 33%. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
At the median, €24,990 a year to live on
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.
The median standard of living in Mouret is €24,990 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 26% in Mouret, more than in 98% 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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 39% in Mouret. Against that, 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).
In Mouret, 2.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 90% 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.
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 79% 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
The figure for married residents is 47% in Mouret and 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Mouret
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
Put another way, about one in three: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 19th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Mouret, 3 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouret | 46 | 22% | 25% | 2.2% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 8.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 10 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Bozouls 3,001 · 10 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 9.4% | 2.7% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 10.2 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 11 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Espalion 4,605 · 11.8 mi | 53.1 | 35% | 20% | 7.2% |
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 Mouret
What is the population of Mouret?
560 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (509).
How old are Mouret’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mouret?
95, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mouret?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mouret?
€24,990 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). 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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