A town of second homes: 26% of its homes
25% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Coltines counted 427 residents and 190 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 3.3% of households have no car. At 41%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
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 Coltines
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 70 second homes and occasional dwellings in Coltines, 26% of its 270 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 77% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Coltines had 450 residents at the 2012 census and 427 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are flats, below 82% 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: 6.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 27% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 5.9%, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns. 5.3% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%.
Coltines’s population moved −5% on 2012, less than in 88% 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 +1%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%.
A median age of 48.4: Coltines is older than 76% 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
■ Coltines 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In Coltines, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. 22% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 8% of households are single parents
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 average 2.3 people. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 26% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 56% of compared French towns.
€26,310 a year: the median standard of living
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 Coltines’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,310 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 82% of compared French towns: 5.4%
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 Coltines, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Set beside that, 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 Coltines, 0.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Coltines comes in at 0.5%. The usual figure: 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.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 92% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Coltines has 46%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Coltines
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 share of adults with no qualification trails just over two thirds of compared French towns: 16%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 427 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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).
Coltines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coltines | 48.4 | 22% | 26% | 0.5% |
| Saint-Flour 6,391 · 6.1 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 Coltines
What is the population of Coltines?
427 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (450).
How old are Coltines’ residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coltines?
70, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coltines?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coltines?
€26,310 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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