A median age of 61.6: Cassaniouze is older than 99% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 98% of compared French towns: 53%. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 3.7%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. There were 250 households in Cassaniouze at the 2023 Census, home to 505 residents. Locally, 13% of households are couples with children.
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 Cassaniouze
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cassaniouze, 33% of its 440 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Cassaniouze’s residents are under 61.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 33%
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 one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 31% who have been there 30 years or more. On the census count, 6.2% of households have no car. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 4.1%, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Cassaniouze changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 76% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −3% in Cantal.
44% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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
■ Cassaniouze 61.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 6.1% in Cassaniouze, less than in 95% 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 Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2 people each. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The figure for one-person households is 37% in Cassaniouze and 35% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €23,590 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.
The median standard of living in Cassaniouze is €23,590 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns, at 3.8%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (6.1%), Cassaniouze is below 94% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Cassaniouze, 5.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 62% 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.
About one in 22: that is how common foreign nationals are in Cassaniouze (4.5%). The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
In Cassaniouze, 53% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 97% 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
With single residents at 21%, Cassaniouze is behind 86% of compared French towns on that count. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 25% in Cassaniouze and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (505 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Cassaniouze
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassaniouze | 61.6 | 44% | 33% | 5.1% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 10.4 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 11.9 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 15 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 4.4% | 2% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 15.5 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 16.5 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 16.7 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
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 Cassaniouze
What is the population of Cassaniouze?
505 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (513).
How old are Cassaniouze’s residents?
The median age is 61.6, older than 99% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cassaniouze?
140, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cassaniouze?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cassaniouze?
€23,590 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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