Half of Saint-Côme-d'Olt is over 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 3.1% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 4.1% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. Saint-Côme-d'Olt had 1,449 residents in 620 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 4.9% of households are single parents locally.
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 Saint-Côme-d'Olt
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Côme-d'Olt, 20% of its 880 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Saint-Côme-d'Olt’s residents are under 55.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
20% of homes in Saint-Côme-d'Olt are second homes
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
Households without a car: 8.4%, below 64% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, 11% of homes are flats. Few places have as many empty homes: 9.2% here, more than in 74% of compared French towns.
Growth of +10% since 2012 puts Saint-Côme-d'Olt ahead of 69% 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 median Aveyron town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six +7%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.1%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Saint-Côme-d'Olt 55.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 35% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
23% of households are couples with children, below 61% 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
Households average 2.1 people. 33% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 61% of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,290 a year per consumption unit
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 €25,290 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Saint-Côme-d'Olt sits above 90% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (43%)
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
Here 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 90% of compared French towns: 2.2%
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 trails 78% of compared French towns: 2%. Against that, 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.
Fewer single residents than 80% of compared French towns: 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
Here 47% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Saint-Côme-d'Olt sits below 84% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (27%), Saint-Côme-d'Olt is above 83% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,449 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Côme-d'Olt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Côme-d'Olt | 55.3 | 35% | 20% | 2.2% |
| Espalion 4,605 · 2.4 mi | 53.1 | 35% | 20% | 7.2% |
| Bozouls 3,001 · 5.7 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 9.4% | 2.7% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 12.9 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 15.2 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 16.3 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Sévérac d'Aveyron 4,026 · 17.5 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 20% | 4.1% |
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 Saint-Côme-d'Olt
What is the population of Saint-Côme-d'Olt?
1,449 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,320).
How old are Saint-Côme-d'Olt’s residents?
The median age is 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Côme-d'Olt?
170, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Côme-d'Olt?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Côme-d'Olt?
€25,290 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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