Half of Objat is over 52.4, older than 90% of compared French towns
The share of couples with children is 16%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in two: 47% of households are headed by a retired person. 6% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 80% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 3,721 residents and 1,950 households in Objat.
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 Objat
An older town
Half of Objat’s residents are under 52.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 52% of compared French towns grew faster than Objat: +4%
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%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then +2% to 2023.
Objat sits above 92% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (33%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Objat 52.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Objat has 9.6%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 82% of compared French towns: 44%
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
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Objat. Households here average 1.9 people each. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 85% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of homes are flats in Objat. Households without a car account for 14%. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 8.1%, more than in 65% of compared French towns. For comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €24,810 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 €24,810 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 63% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 13.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 87% of compared French towns, at 4.8%
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
On the census count, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. 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).
Fewer foreign nationals than 73% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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.
Immigrants: 4.6%, below two thirds of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 69% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Single residents: 23%, below three quarters of compared French towns. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 76% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Here just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,691 to 3,751 people: this is the 7th 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.
Lourches is the youngest (35.1); Cabourg the oldest (63.9).
Every neighbor is younger than Objat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Objat | 52.4 | 33% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Allassac 4,081 · 2.9 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Donzenac 2,733 · 6 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Ussac 4,322 · 7.3 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 8.5 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 47,095 · 9.3 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Malemort 8,239 · 10.3 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3.4% | 6.5% |
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 Objat
What is the population of Objat?
3,721 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (3,564).
How old are Objat’s residents?
The median age is 52.4, older than 90% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Objat?
140, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Objat?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 88 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Objat?
€24,810 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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