A median age of 60.1: Mur-de-Barrez is older than 98% of compared French towns
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Mur-de-Barrez has 12%. Locally, 45% of households are headed by a retired person. Households without a car are more common here than in 78% of compared French towns. There were 350 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 693 residents.
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 Mur-de-Barrez
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mur-de-Barrez, 25% of its 580 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 87% 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 Mur-de-Barrez’s residents are under 60.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 20% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mur-de-Barrez had 800 residents at the 2012 census and 693 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
55% of Mur-de-Barrez’s households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 31% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 25% in Mur-de-Barrez, more than in 94% 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
15% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 4.9%, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 14% of households moved in; at the other end, 21% have stayed 30 years or more.
Mur-de-Barrez changed by −13% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −5%, then −9% to 2023.
In Mur-de-Barrez, 42% 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
■ Mur-de-Barrez 60.1. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 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.
In Mur-de-Barrez, 55% of households are one person living alone, more than in 98% 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
There are 1.7 people in the average household. 4.1% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,080 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,080 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Mur-de-Barrez: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 56% 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. 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).
4.1% of residents are immigrants, below 73% 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.
The median compared commune in Aveyron has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 29: 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 37%, a lower share than 85% 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
Put another way, about one in four: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 27% in Mur-de-Barrez, more than in 85% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Mur-de-Barrez comes in at 21%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
41 French towns of 693 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th oldest
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Mur-de-Barrez
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mur-de-Barrez | 60.1 | 42% | 25% | 4.1% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 10.3 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 4.4% | 2% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 12 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 14.8 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
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 Mur-de-Barrez
What is the population of Mur-de-Barrez?
693 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (800).
How old are Mur-de-Barrez’s residents?
The median age is 60.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mur-de-Barrez?
140, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mur-de-Barrez?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mur-de-Barrez?
€23,080 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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