Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Olemps is over 51.6
Single-parent households: 6.2%, below 95% of compared French towns. Households without a car: 5.6% of the total. Higher than in 80% of compared French towns: 39% of households are headed by a retired person. Olemps is home to 3,559 residents in 1,590 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Olemps
An older town
Half of Olemps’ residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +10% since 2012 puts Olemps ahead of 68% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +5%; 2017 to 2023, +5%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of compared French towns, at 7.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Olemps 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Olemps has 30%. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Fewer couples with children than 60% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Households here average 2 people each. At 36%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 54% of compared French towns. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Households in social housing: 6.5%, a lower share than 80% 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
Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Here, 5.5% of homes stand empty. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 2%, fewer than in just over half of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,120 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,120 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 72% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 6.0%.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 9.3% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 76% of compared French towns: 3.6% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Olemps comes in at 1.9%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Olemps sits below 81% of compared French towns for single residents (22%)
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
Married residents make up 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 65% 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
With graduates of higher education at 34%, Olemps is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
The 10th oldest of 41 French towns of 3,537 to 3,582 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.
The youngest is Rubelles (34.9), the oldest Deauville (63.3).
Olemps 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olemps | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 1.5 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Luc-la-Primaube 6,046 · 2.7 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 2.7 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 3.7 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 5.4 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 7 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
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 Olemps
What is the population of Olemps?
3,559 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (3,247).
How old are Olemps’ residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Olemps?
35, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Olemps?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 67 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Olemps?
€28,120 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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