Above 96% of compared French towns: 37% of households are couples with children
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 2.4% of homes are flats here. There were 280 households in Prunet at the 2023 Census, home to 683 residents. Locally, 2.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). This Cantal town has more households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 29%.
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 Prunet
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Prunet, 11% of its 330 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 9% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car: 4%, a lower share than 94% of compared French towns
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
29% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.6% moved in within the last two years. More second homes than in 89% of compared French towns: 11%. Empty homes make up 4.8%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A +11% change since 2012: faster than 73% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −3% in Cantal. Here the change came as +10% to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Prunet sits below 79% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (18%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Prunet 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.7, Prunet is younger than just over two thirds of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Locally, 8.7% of residents are 15 to 24.
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%.
24% of households are one person living alone, below 97% 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 2.5 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Lower than in two thirds of compared French towns: 9% of households are single parents.
The median resident lives on €25,660 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €25,660 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 18%, a lower share than 97% 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
Here 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Prunet ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.7%
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.
The median compared commune in Cantal has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 0.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Prunet. 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.
Only 16% of residents 15 and over are single in Prunet
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
The figure for married residents is 52% in Prunet and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Graduates of higher education are rarer here than in 55% of compared French towns. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (683 to 2,582 people), the 7th youngest
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).
Prunet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prunet | 41.7 | 18% | 11% | 0.7% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 5.1 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 4.4% | 2% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 7 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 7.9 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 Prunet
What is the population of Prunet?
683 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (614).
How old are Prunet’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prunet?
38, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prunet?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prunet?
€25,660 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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