Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
By its share of single-parent households (15%), Pruines is above 95% of compared French towns. This Aveyron town had 289 residents in 130 households at the 2023 Census. Households without a car account for 5.3%. More households headed by a retired person than in 74% of compared French towns: 37%.
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 Pruines
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pruines, 19% of its 210 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 37 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Pruines’ residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pruines had 302 residents at the 2012 census and 289 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 18%, a higher share than 98% 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
Nearly a fifth of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. Meanwhile, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 86% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aveyron town +1%.
Older than 87% of compared French towns: half of Pruines is over 51.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pruines 51.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. 11% of residents are 15 to 24, a higher share than in 59% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 19% in Pruines, less than in 80% 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 2.2 people in the average household. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Pruines has fewer one-person households than 78% of compared French towns, at 30%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,590 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 €22,590 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 22%, a higher share than 91% 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. As a yardstick, 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).
Pruines ranks below 65% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.8%
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.
3.1% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The median compared commune in Aveyron has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Pruines, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 83% 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
Single residents: 29% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
More graduates of higher education than 63% of compared French towns: 34%
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
Pruines has fewer adults with no qualification than 53% of compared French towns, at 18%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (289 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Pruines and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pruines | 51.4 | 25% | 19% | 4.8% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 10 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 11.6 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
| Bozouls 3,001 · 11.7 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 9.4% | 2.7% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 11.8 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 11.9 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 12.2 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
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 Pruines
What is the population of Pruines?
289 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (302).
How old are Pruines’ residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pruines?
39, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pruines?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pruines?
€22,590 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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