Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0Second homes make up 20% in Sévérac d'Aveyron, more than in 93% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Sévérac d'Aveyron comes in at 3.6%. At 4.1%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 92% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 4,026 residents and 1,950 households in the town. The census found that nearly a fifth of households are couples with children in the town.
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 Sévérac d'Aveyron
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 600 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sévérac d'Aveyron, 20% of its 3,000 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 90% 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 450 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Sévérac d'Aveyron’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%. Few places have so few flats: 18% here, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 74% 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
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Sévérac d'Aveyron is over 51.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sévérac d'Aveyron 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 30% of residents are 65 or over in Sévérac d'Aveyron.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 66% of compared French towns: 39%
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 average household has 2 people. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. One in ten households are single parents, more than in 54% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,760 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,760 a year: lower than in 63% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 13.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 90% of compared French towns, at 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
In Sévérac d'Aveyron, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. 4.1% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 43% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 72% of compared French towns: 4.1% of residents are immigrants
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 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Sévérac d'Aveyron. 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.
45% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 63% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Sévérac d'Aveyron sits below 66% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (26%)
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
Sévérac d'Aveyron has fewer adults with no qualification than 52% of compared French towns, at 19%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 4,000 to 4,051 people: this is the 10th 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.
Fay-de-Bretagne is the youngest (36.3); Vaux-sur-Mer the oldest (66.9).
Sévérac d'Aveyron and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sévérac d'Aveyron | 51.1 | 30% | 20% | 4.1% |
| Millau 22,044 · 15.7 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
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 Sévérac d'Aveyron
What is the population of Sévérac d'Aveyron?
4,026 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (4,063).
How old are Sévérac d'Aveyron’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sévérac d'Aveyron?
600, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sévérac d'Aveyron?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sévérac d'Aveyron?
€24,760 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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