Ydes is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.1
Households headed by a retired person: 46% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 85% of compared French towns: 17% of households are couples with children. 1,641 residents in 820 households: that is Ydes at the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car stands at 15%.
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 Ydes
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ydes, 16% of its 1,110 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 87% 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 Ydes’ residents are under 56.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ydes had 1,801 residents at the 2012 census and 1,641 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 91% of compared French towns: 16%
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 typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Ydes, 23%. On empty homes, Ydes sits higher than 83% of compared French towns: 11%. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Ydes, the census puts households in social housing at 10%.
Since 2012, Ydes has changed by −9%, slower than 96% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −3% for the median Cantal town, the change came in two steps: −6% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 94% of compared French towns: 35%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ydes 56.1. The median compared French town: 44.
7.8% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Ydes ranks below 82% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 7.8%
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
One-person households: 40% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.9 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,360 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 residents live in households above €23,360 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Only 1.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Ydes
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: 20%, above 85% of compared French towns. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 80% of compared French towns: 3.2% of residents are immigrants
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 figure for foreign nationals is 2.2% in Ydes and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Ydes, 41% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 63% 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, 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Ydes. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 98% 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
In Ydes, 27% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,641 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Ydes sits below 1 of its 2 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Ydes
What is the population of Ydes?
1,641 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (1,801).
How old are Ydes’ residents?
The median age is 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ydes?
170, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ydes?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ydes?
€23,360 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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