2.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.1%, Salles-la-Source is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. Couples with children: nearly a third of the total. 11% of households are headed by a manual worker, a lower share than in 73% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Salles-la-Source was home to 2,333 people in 960 households.
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 Salles-la-Source
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 180 second homes and occasional dwellings in Salles-la-Source, 15% of its 1,240 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats make up 2.1% in Salles-la-Source, less than in 99% 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
Turnover: 5.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 29% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 0.8%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. 15% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%).
Since 2012, Salles-la-Source has grown +9%, faster than 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +4%; from 2017 to 2023, +5%.
A median age of 48: Salles-la-Source is older than 74% 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
■ Salles-la-Source 48. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Salles-la-Source has 27%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 93% 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
The figure for single-parent households is 6.5% in Salles-la-Source and 10% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €29,280 a year to live on
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 €29,280 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 80% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 6.0% of residents are below the line.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 64% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Locally, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Salles-la-Source, 2.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 89% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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.
Salles-la-Source sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 48% in Salles-la-Source. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Salles-la-Source ranks above 88% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 45%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten adults out of school have no qualification in Salles-la-Source. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Salles-la-Source
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salles-la-Source | 48 | 27% | 15% | 2.3% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 4.8 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 5 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 5.6 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 6.3 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 7.1 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
| Luc-la-Primaube 6,046 · 9.6 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
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 Salles-la-Source
What is the population of Salles-la-Source?
2,333 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (2,131).
How old are Salles-la-Source’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salles-la-Source?
180, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salles-la-Source?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salles-la-Source?
€29,280 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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