Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Salmiech is over 53.2
The share of households in social housing trails 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%. Census day 2023: 757 residents and 380 households in Salmiech. Across Salmiech, 45% of households are headed by a retired person. On flats, Salmiech sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 6.9%.
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 Salmiech
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 78 second homes and occasional dwellings in Salmiech, 16% of its 500 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Salmiech’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% 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.
Salmiech sits above 91% of compared French towns for second homes (16%)
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
Some 10% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 27% who have been there 30 years or more. Across Salmiech, 7.6% of homes stand empty. On households without a car, Salmiech sits higher than 72% of compared French towns: 16%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Salmiech changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 57% 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
Here the change came as +5% to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns: 7.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Salmiech 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
32% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 6.6%, a lower share than 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
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 42% in Salmiech. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. For Salmiech, the census puts couples with children at 21%.
At the median, €25,110 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 Salmiech’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,110 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Salmiech ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 2.7%
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, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Salmiech has 12%. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Salmiech, 2.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 88% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.6%), Salmiech is below 85% of compared French towns. Across the 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 87% of compared French towns: 49% of residents 15 and over are married
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
The figure for single residents is 21% in Salmiech and 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 71% of compared French towns, at 23%
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 graduates of higher education (26%), Salmiech is below 66% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 757 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Salmiech is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salmiech | 53.2 | 32% | 16% | 2.4% |
| Luc-la-Primaube 6,046 · 7.4 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 9.2 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 10 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 11.1 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 12.2 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 12.7 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 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 Salmiech
What is the population of Salmiech?
757 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (734).
How old are Salmiech’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salmiech?
78, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salmiech?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salmiech?
€25,110 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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