Plaisance is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 61.6
Households in social housing: 0.8% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 219 people lived in Plaisance, in 130 households. For Plaisance, the census puts empty homes at 3.2%. 4.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns.
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 Plaisance
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 90 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plaisance, 41% of its 220 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Plaisance’s residents are under 61.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 41%
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
One household in 12 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of flats stands at 5.4%. Plaisance has fewer households without a car than 66% of compared French towns, at 8.1%.
Growth of +8% since 2012 puts Plaisance ahead of 63% 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 change was +9% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 38%, a higher share than 97% 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
■ Plaisance 61.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Plaisance comes in at 5.7%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In Plaisance, 12% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 97% 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 make up 8.3%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In Plaisance, 46% of households are one person living alone.
€21,960 a year: the median standard of living
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.
At €21,960 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
50% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Plaisance, 13%. On average, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 77% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 2.7%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
Above 71% of compared French towns: 28% of residents 15 and over are single
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, the share of married residents is 43%; Plaisance has 46%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Plaisance ranks below 59% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 27%
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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (19%). Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 2nd oldest of 41 French towns of 219 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Plaisance
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaisance | 61.6 | 38% | 41% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 16.3 mi | 49.9 | 30% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 17.3 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 17.4 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 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 Plaisance
What is the population of Plaisance?
219 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (203).
How old are Plaisance’s residents?
The median age is 61.6, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8.3% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plaisance?
90, with occasional dwellings: 41% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plaisance?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plaisance?
€21,960 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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