In Fleurat, 1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
5.3% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. There were 160 households in Fleurat at the 2023 Census, home to 311 residents. In Fleurat, 6.4% of households are single parents. On households headed by a retired person, Fleurat sits lower than 80% of compared French towns: 26%.
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 Fleurat
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fleurat, 21% of its 220 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% 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.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 21% of homes are second 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
Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 13% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more. Lower than in 57% of compared French towns: 6.2% of homes stand empty.
A growing town: +10% since 2012, faster than 68% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Creuse town −5%. The first five years brought +9%; the six to 2023, +1%.
A median age of 49.2: Fleurat is older than 80% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fleurat 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Fleurat ranks above 79% of compared French towns on one-person households: 43%
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
Households average 2 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Fleurat has fewer couples with children than 52% of compared French towns, at 25%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,990 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.
Half of Fleurat’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,990 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 78% of compared French towns: 9.8%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 92% of compared French towns, at 2%
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: 1.6%, below 84% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Married residents make up 41% in Fleurat, less than in 61% 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
Few places have so few single residents: 25% here, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 66% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Fleurat comes in at 28%. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 311 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 4 towns have older populations than Fleurat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleurat | 49.2 | 23% | 21% | 2% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 9.4 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 10 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 12.2 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Bessines-sur-Gartempe 2,709 · 17.7 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 8.6% | 3.7% |
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 Fleurat
What is the population of Fleurat?
311 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (284).
How old are Fleurat’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fleurat?
46, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fleurat?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fleurat?
€25,990 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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