Giou-de-Mamou sits below 98% of compared French towns for flats (3.2%)
12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 1.8% in Giou-de-Mamou. Census day 2023: 728 residents and 320 households here. In Giou-de-Mamou, 6.2% of households are single parents. Fewer households without a car than in 87% of compared French towns: 5.1%.
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 Giou-de-Mamou
An older town
Half of Giou-de-Mamou’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 79% of compared French towns: Giou-de-Mamou changed by −2% since 2012
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.
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Giou-de-Mamou is over 51
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Giou-de-Mamou 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 26%, more than in 71% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 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 Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. At 30%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 78% of compared French towns. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Giou-de-Mamou: 4.2% of homes are second homes, above 72% 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: 5.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 36% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Fewer empty homes than in 62% of compared French towns: 5.9%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. One household in 20 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
A typical living standard of €29,300 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.
Living standards centre on €29,300 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 62% of compared French towns: 12%
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 retired person is 32%; Giou-de-Mamou has 34%. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Across Giou-de-Mamou, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns: 1.6%
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.
Here 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. 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.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 54%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 18% of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Giou-de-Mamou ranks below 71% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (728 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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).
Giou-de-Mamou 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giou-de-Mamou | 51 | 26% | 4.2% | 1.6% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 2.9 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 4.4% | 2% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 3.2 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 6.6 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
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 Giou-de-Mamou
What is the population of Giou-de-Mamou?
728 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (745).
How old are Giou-de-Mamou’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Giou-de-Mamou?
15, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Giou-de-Mamou?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Giou-de-Mamou?
€29,300 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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