42% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon has 6.6%. The town’s 160 households held 325 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households in social housing at 3.9% in the town. Flats are rarer here than in 98% 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 Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon, 42% of its 300 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon had 262 residents at the 2012 census and 325 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon’s residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car make up 7.7% in Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon, less than in 68% 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
22% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.1% moved in within the last two years. For comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6.6%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
+24% since 2012, a pace 94% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aveyron town +1%. The first five years brought +9%; the six to 2023, +14%.
Half of Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon is over 52.8, older than 90% 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
■ Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon has 30%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 93% of compared French towns, at 6.5%
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. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 61% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,440 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.
The median standard of living in Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon is €26,440 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
In Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon, 9.6% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 79% 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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. For Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 9.8%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.5% of residents are foreign nationals, below 72% 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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 4.7% of residents are immigrants in Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A lower share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
44% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon ranks below 57% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 28%
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
Here, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 325 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon | 52.8 | 30% | 42% | 4.7% |
| Millau 22,044 · 9.1 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 13 mi | 49.9 | 30% | 8.8% | 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 Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
What is the population of Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon?
325 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (262).
How old are Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon’s residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon?
130, with occasional dwellings: 42% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon?
€26,440 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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