Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.9%
The share of households in social housing is 3.6%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Polminhac had 1,197 residents in 560 households at the 2023 census. 6.4% of households are single parents, or about one in 16. Higher than in 88% of compared French towns: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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 Polminhac
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 92 second homes and occasional dwellings in Polminhac, 12% of its 740 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 90 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Polminhac sits above 90% of compared French towns for second homes (12%)
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
Flats: 11% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7% of households have no car. Empty homes are more common here than in 89% of compared French towns.
Polminhac’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 59% 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
The median Cantal town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six +3%.
Polminhac is older than 74% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Polminhac 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 34%, a lower share than 58% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 26% here and 25% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €24,730 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 Polminhac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,730 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 68% of compared French towns: 7%
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 retired person account for 33%. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Polminhac, 1.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Polminhac. The median compared commune in Cantal has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 84% of compared French towns: 21%
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
44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 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 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Every neighbor is older than Polminhac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polminhac | 47.9 | 26% | 12% | 1.9% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 6.6 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 4.4% | 2% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 6.9 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 10.3 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 Polminhac
What is the population of Polminhac?
1,197 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,118).
How old are Polminhac’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Polminhac?
92, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Polminhac?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Polminhac?
€24,730 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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