Fewer flats than 97% of compared French towns: 4.1%
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 7.6% in Labrousse. There were 210 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 478 residents. Locally, 3.1% of households rent social housing (HLM). Higher than in 80% of compared French towns: 10% of homes stand empty.
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 Labrousse
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Labrousse, 13% of its 280 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Labrousse ranks above 90% of compared French towns on second homes: 13%
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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.5% of households have no car here. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 30%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +11% change since 2012: Labrousse grew faster than 72% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Cantal town −3%. The first five years brought +19%; the six to 2023, −7%.
Half of Labrousse is over 45.8, older than 62% 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
■ Labrousse 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
23% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 14%, a higher share than 90% 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. Labrousse has fewer one-person households than 78% of compared French towns, at 30%. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 26% here and 25% in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,150 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.
Half of Labrousse’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,150 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 80% 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. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in six: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Labrousse has 0.2%. 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.
Single residents make up 20% in Labrousse, less than in 90% 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
Married residents: 47% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Labrousse ranks below 93% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 17%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Labrousse. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 478 to 2,582 people
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).
No nearby town is as young as Labrousse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labrousse | 45.8 | 23% | 13% | 0.8% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 4.9 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 4.4% | 2% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 6.9 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 9.3 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 Labrousse
What is the population of Labrousse?
478 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (431).
How old are Labrousse’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Labrousse?
37, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Labrousse?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Labrousse?
€24,150 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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