Flats make up 1.1% in Sainte-Eulalie, less than in 99% of compared French towns
With a median age of 49.6, Sainte-Eulalie is older than 82% of compared French towns. 230 residents in 110 households: that is Sainte-Eulalie at the 2023 Census. Across Sainte-Eulalie, 4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional. One-person households: 33%, below three fifths 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 Sainte-Eulalie
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sainte-Eulalie, 20% of its 180 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 36 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
20% of homes stand empty, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 9.5% in Sainte-Eulalie. Second homes are more common here than in 93% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 3.8% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more.
From 2012 to 2023, Sainte-Eulalie outgrew 78% of compared French towns: +13%
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 first five years brought +8%; the six to 2023, +5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.6% in Sainte-Eulalie, less than in 98% 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
■ Sainte-Eulalie 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 26%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
In Sainte-Eulalie, 24% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 57% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.2 people share a household. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €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.
Living standards centre on €24,150 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Sainte-Eulalie sits below 71% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (29%)
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 manual worker make up about one in seven here (14%). 4.7% of Sainte-Eulalie’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 29% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.7% in Sainte-Eulalie, less than in 94% 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.
In Sainte-Eulalie, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Sainte-Eulalie: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 89% 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
By its share of single residents (24%), Sainte-Eulalie is below 64% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 81% 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
Graduates of higher education are more common here than in 54% of compared French towns. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 230 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 2 of the 4 towns around Sainte-Eulalie are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Eulalie | 49.6 | 26% | 20% | 1.7% |
| Mauriac 3,449 · 6.8 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.1% | 3.1% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 14.4 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 14.8 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 16.4 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 Sainte-Eulalie
What is the population of Sainte-Eulalie?
230 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (203).
How old are Sainte-Eulalie’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 82% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Eulalie?
36, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Eulalie?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Eulalie?
€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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