23% of homes are second homes, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households without a car: 3.2% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 135 residents in Estivals, living in 62 households. For Estivals, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 50%. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 17%, more than in 98% 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 Estivals
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Estivals, 23% of its 84 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 3.6% of homes are flats in Estivals
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. About one in 28: that is how common empty homes are in Estivals (3.6%).
Estivals grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 69% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +3%, then +6% to 2023. Over those years, the median Corrèze town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 6.6% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Estivals 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Add to that, the median age in Estivals is 49.7, higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 59% of compared French towns: 33%
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 average household has 2.2 people. On couples with children, Estivals sits lower than 51% of compared French towns: 25%. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €28,620 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,620 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Above 81% of compared French towns: 17% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 9.4% of 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).
Only 2.9% of residents are immigrants in Estivals
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 Corrèze has 6.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Census figures put foreign nationals at 4.4% in Estivals. 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.
Estivals sits above 98% of compared French towns for married residents (54%)
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, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single in Estivals. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Only 12% of adults out of school have no qualification in Estivals
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: 33%, above 60% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 135 to 2,582 people, 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Estivals
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estivals | 49.7 | 24% | 23% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 8 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 9.1 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 47,095 · 9.4 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Cosnac 3,044 · 9.4 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 10.7 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Ussac 4,322 · 11.2 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
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 Estivals
What is the population of Estivals?
135 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (123).
How old are Estivals’ residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Estivals?
19, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Estivals?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Estivals?
€28,620 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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