A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 40%
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 1.2% in Joursac. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 160 people lived locally, in 78 households. The census found that 5.9% of households are single parents in the town.
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 Joursac
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 64 second homes and occasional dwellings in Joursac, 40% of its 160 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Joursac’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 96% of compared French towns: 4.4%
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
Just over one in ten homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Few places have so few households without a car: 9.9% here, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. Flats make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Joursac has grown +8%, faster than 64% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Cantal town −3%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, +10%.
Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Joursac is over 53
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Joursac 53. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 13% in Joursac and 11% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 32% here.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 59% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 35% of the total.
Half above, half below €22,190 a year in 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 Joursac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,190 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 41%, a higher share than 86% of compared French towns
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. By way of comparison, 32% 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).
Joursac sits below 94% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.8%)
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.
0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. The median compared commune in Cantal has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 76% of compared French towns: 29%
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
In Joursac, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Joursac, less than in 71% 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
Here 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 160 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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).
Joursac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joursac | 53 | 32% | 40% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Flour 6,391 · 9 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 Joursac
What is the population of Joursac?
160 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (148).
How old are Joursac’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 8.4% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Joursac?
64, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Joursac?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Joursac?
€22,190 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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