Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Évaux-les-Bains is over 59.2
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 46% in Évaux-les-Bains and 32% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 1,277 residents here, living in 650 households. One-person households: 45% of the total. On households without a car, Évaux-les-Bains sits higher than 77% of compared French towns: 17%.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Évaux-les-Bains
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 210 second homes and occasional dwellings in Évaux-les-Bains, 19% of its 1,080 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 66% 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 Évaux-les-Bains’ residents are under 59.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Évaux-les-Bains had 1,415 residents at the 2012 census and 1,277 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 220 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
21% of homes stand empty, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Turnover: one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Second homes are more common here than in 93% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. With flats at 22%, Évaux-les-Bains is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count.
Évaux-les-Bains’s population moved −10% on 2012, less than in 97% 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 first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −8%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Creuse town −5%.
Évaux-les-Bains ranks above 97% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 39%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Évaux-les-Bains 59.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Évaux-les-Bains, 7.3%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
16% of households are couples with children, below 89% 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Évaux-les-Bains, 11%. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.8 people.
Standard of living at the median: €22,940 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 €22,940 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 2.3%, a lower share than 99% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 8.4%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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 Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. The census found that 2.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Évaux-les-Bains.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Évaux-les-Bains, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 73% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Évaux-les-Bains has 41%. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 85% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Just over a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,277 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Évaux-les-Bains
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 Évaux-les-Bains
What is the population of Évaux-les-Bains?
1,277 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (1,415).
How old are Évaux-les-Bains’ residents?
The median age is 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Évaux-les-Bains?
210, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Évaux-les-Bains?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Évaux-les-Bains?
€22,940 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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