Allanche is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 59.6
The share of one-person households tops 88% of compared French towns: 47%. By contrast, fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 84% of compared French towns: 5.2%. At the 2023 Census, 773 people lived in Allanche, in 390 households. Locally, 3.6% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Cantal 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 Allanche
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 210 second homes and occasional dwellings in Allanche, 30% of its 700 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Allanche’s residents are under 59.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Allanche had 820 residents at the 2012 census and 773 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 98 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Allanche ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 30%
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
Nearly one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 32% have stayed 30 years or more. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On empty homes, Allanche sits higher than 94% of compared French towns: 14%. Households without a car: 15% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 90% of compared French towns grew faster than Allanche: −6%
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, −2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Cantal town −3%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 40% in Allanche, more than in 98% 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
■ Allanche 59.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 99% of compared French towns: 6%. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
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 Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 1.8 people. Fewer single-parent households than in 98% of compared French towns: 5.2%. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €22,590 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.
At €22,590 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 53% of households are headed by a retired person
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 nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2%, a lower share than 92% 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%), Allanche is below 85% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Allanche, 36% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns
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 29% in Allanche and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 20% in Allanche, less than in 87% of compared French towns
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 (25%), Allanche is above 78% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 773 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Allanche 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allanche | 59.6 | 40% | 30% | 2% |
| Saint-Flour 6,391 · 15 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.3% | 4.7% |
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 Allanche
What is the population of Allanche?
773 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (820).
How old are Allanche’s residents?
The median age is 59.6, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Allanche?
210, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Allanche?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% 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 Allanche?
€22,590 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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