Saint-Illide is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.6
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Saint-Illide, 56%. The town is home to 656 residents in 260 households, by the 2023 Census. Households in social housing: 3.5% of the total. 3.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Saint-Illide
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Illide, 26% of its 410 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Illide’s residents are under 57.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 47 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Illide sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (26%)
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 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 11% of homes stand empty here. Put another way, about one in 23: 4.3% of homes are flats. One in ten households have no car, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 65% of compared French towns: Saint-Illide changed by +1% since 2012
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.
39% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% 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
■ Saint-Illide 57.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 6.3% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
40% of households are one person living alone, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here 23% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
The median resident lives on €20,870 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.
Half of residents live in households above €20,870 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 7.7%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Illide, 0.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
The median compared commune in Cantal has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 66% 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, 27% of residents 15 and over are single in Saint-Illide. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Saint-Illide ranks below 99% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 12%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 35% in Saint-Illide. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (656 to 2,582 people), the 5th oldest
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Illide
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Illide | 57.6 | 39% | 26% | 0.3% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 10.1 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 10.8 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Mauriac 3,449 · 11.6 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.1% | 3.1% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 12.9 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 4.4% | 2% |
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 Saint-Illide
What is the population of Saint-Illide?
656 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (648).
How old are Saint-Illide’s residents?
The median age is 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Illide?
110, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Illide?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.3% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Illide?
€20,870 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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