Photo: TCJ · CC BY-SA 3.0Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 23% in Égletons, more than in 99% of compared French towns
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 4.1% in Égletons. There were 2,010 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 4,341 residents. On the census count, 16% of households are couples with children. At 7.9%, the share of second homes is higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Corrèze 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 Égletons
Many people living alone
51% of Égletons’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 470 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Égletons’ residents are under 38 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 13% are under 15 and 23% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 79% of compared French towns: Égletons changed by −2% 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
Over those years, the median Corrèze town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Égletons is younger than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 38
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Égletons 38. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 51% of households are one person living alone
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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for single-parent households is 8.1% in Égletons and 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.9 people. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Égletons sits above 98% of compared French towns for empty homes (17%)
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 12% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of households rent social housing (HLM) here. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 48% of homes are flats. Households without a car are more common here than in 59% of compared French towns.
At the median, €22,560 a year to live on
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 Égletons’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,560 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 21.0% of residents.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 70% 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
Put another way, about one in three: a third of households are headed by a retired person. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 12% in Égletons, more than in 79% 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.
Foreign nationals: 11% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
Single residents: 40%, a higher share than 97% 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
The share of married residents trails 89% of compared French towns: 35%. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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 quarter of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,306 to 4,376 people), the 2nd 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.
Ages run from 33.7 in Tigery to 55 in Le Château-d'Oléron.
Égletons is younger than every town around it
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 Égletons
What is the population of Égletons?
4,341 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (4,446).
How old are Égletons’ residents?
The median age is 38, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Égletons?
210, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Égletons?
INSEE counts 540 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 460 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Égletons?
€22,560 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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