Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.1%
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 6.6% of homes are flats in Parlan. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 42 here (2.4%). 4.2% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 85% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 475, in 210 households.
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 Parlan
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 70 second homes and occasional dwellings in Parlan, 24% of its 300 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Parlan had 351 residents at the 2012 census and 475 in 2023, up 35%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
24% of homes in Parlan 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 median compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; here, one in 12. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing account for 5.3%.
A growing town: +35% since 2012, faster than 98% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +25%, and from 2017 to 2023 +9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Cantal town −3%.
Parlan is younger than 70% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Parlan 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Parlan.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
7.3% of households are single parents, below 87% 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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. More couples with children than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 30%. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. With one-person households at 36%, Parlan is ahead of 55% of compared French towns on that count.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,100 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 Parlan’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,100 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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 56% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, nearly a third 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 61% of compared French towns, at 5.3%
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, 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Parlan, 46%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Adults with no qualification: 22%, above 64% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 6th youngest of 41 French towns of 475 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Parlan is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parlan | 41.4 | 24% | 24% | 5.3% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 11.3 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 14.1 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 14.5 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 14.9 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 4.4% | 2% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 16.5 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
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 Parlan
What is the population of Parlan?
475 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% more than in 2012 (351).
How old are Parlan’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Parlan?
70, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Parlan?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Parlan?
€24,100 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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