Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Jabrun is over 58.6
Here 54% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Still, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 149 residents in 69 households: that is Jabrun at the 2023 Census. Across Jabrun, 4% of homes are flats.
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 Jabrun
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Jabrun, 27% of its 130 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Jabrun’s residents are under 58.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 27%, a higher share than 94% 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
6.1% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Empty homes make up about one in five here (19%).
From 2012 to 2023, 82% of compared French towns grew faster than Jabrun: −3%
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Cantal town −3%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, −4%.
4.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer 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
■ Jabrun 58.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Jabrun, 38% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 7.7% of households are single parents in Jabrun
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
Here 38% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children.
The largest group of households: retired (54%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.3% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 66% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
The median compared commune in Cantal has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.6% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 36% of residents 15 and over are married
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
By its share of single residents (24%), Jabrun is below three fifths of compared French towns. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 95% of compared French towns: 16%
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 28% in Jabrun and 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 149 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.
Jabrun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jabrun | 58.6 | 38% | 27% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Chély-d'Apcher 3,955 · 15.5 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 9.6% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Flour 6,391 · 17.2 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 Jabrun
What is the population of Jabrun?
149 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (154).
How old are Jabrun’s residents?
The median age is 58.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jabrun?
33, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jabrun?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (6.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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