Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Janaillat is over 55.9
The figure for single-parent households is 2.9% in Janaillat and 10% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Janaillat was home to 317 people in 160 households. Locally, 1% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Janaillat
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 94 second homes and occasional dwellings in Janaillat, 32% of its 300 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Janaillat’s residents are under 55.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Janaillat had 349 residents at the 2012 census and 317 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 45 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Janaillat: 32% of homes are second homes, above 95% of compared French towns
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 18, where the median compared French town has 11%. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Census figures put empty homes at 15% in Janaillat. Lower than in 82% of compared French towns: 5.7% of households have no car.
Since 2012, Janaillat has changed by −9%, slower than 96% 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 Creuse town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −5% and the next six −4%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 92% of compared French towns: 33%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Janaillat 55.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 88% of compared French towns: 8.5%. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
15% of households are couples with children, below 90% 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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Janaillat has 38%. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2 people each.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,970 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.
Living standards centre on €22,970 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Janaillat sits above 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (53%)
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
6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). What’s more, at 2.9%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Janaillat ranks above 79% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 9.2%
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.
The median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 70% of compared French towns. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. Census figures put immigrants at 10% in Janaillat.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Janaillat, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 79% 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 Janaillat, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 20%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 317 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
Janaillat is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janaillat | 55.9 | 33% | 32% | 10% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 9.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 9.8 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
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 Janaillat
What is the population of Janaillat?
317 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (349).
How old are Janaillat’s residents?
The median age is 55.9, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Janaillat?
94, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Janaillat?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (9.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Janaillat?
€22,970 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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