3.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
The share of one-person households trails 93% of compared French towns: 25%. At 7%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Yssandon’s 300 households held 696 residents at the 2023 Census. Households without a car account for 4.4%.
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 Yssandon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Yssandon had 728 residents at the 2012 census and 696 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 86% 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
The median Corrèze town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six +2%.
Yssandon is older than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Yssandon 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, more than in 57% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 33% in Yssandon, more than in 87% 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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in just over half of compared French towns. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A town of second homes: 9.4% of its homes
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. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. For Yssandon, the census puts empty homes at 9.9%.
A typical living standard of €25,520 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.
At €25,520 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 84% of compared French towns: 40%
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
9.9% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The census found that 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Yssandon.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, below 99% 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.
The figure for immigrants is 2.7% in Yssandon and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 84% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Corrèze has 6.1%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Yssandon sits below 65% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (26%)
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 the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Yssandon, 17%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 696 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Yssandon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yssandon | 47.5 | 23% | 9.4% | 2.7% |
| Objat 3,721 · 4.2 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 5.2 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Allassac 4,081 · 5.3 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Ussac 4,322 · 6.5 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 6.6 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Donzenac 2,733 · 7 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 4.9% | 4% |
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 Yssandon
What is the population of Yssandon?
696 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (728).
How old are Yssandon’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Yssandon?
35, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Yssandon?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Yssandon?
€25,520 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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