Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.4%
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 3.3% in Labesserette. There were 140 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 302 residents. For Labesserette, the census puts households in social housing at 2.2%. On single-parent households, Labesserette sits lower than 86% of compared French towns: 7.4%.
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 Labesserette
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Labesserette, 18% of its 180 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 18% of homes are second homes
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
In the last two years, 8.7% of households moved in; at the other end, 27% have stayed 30 years or more. At 5.2%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 71% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
+7% since 2012, a pace 61% of compared French towns didn’t match
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%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 84% of compared French towns, at 8.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Labesserette 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Labesserette’s residents are over 45.3, older than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 79% of compared French towns: 29%
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
30% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
A typical living standard of €24,090 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,090 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Labesserette: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 56% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 92% of compared French towns, at 2%
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.
With foreign nationals at 1.6%, Labesserette is behind 84% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 73% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Labesserette. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Labesserette sits below 79% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (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
On the census count, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 302 to 2,582
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.
No nearby town is as young as Labesserette
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labesserette | 45.3 | 22% | 18% | 2% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 10.6 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 4.4% | 2% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 12.5 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 12.7 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 16.5 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 17.8 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
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 Labesserette
What is the population of Labesserette?
302 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (281).
How old are Labesserette’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Labesserette?
32, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Labesserette?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Labesserette?
€24,090 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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