Second homes: 11%, a higher share than 89% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 26% in Jarnages and 14% in the typical compared French town. 12% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 83% of compared French towns. Its 250 households held 498 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of single-parent households stands at 6%.
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 Jarnages
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Jarnages, 11% of its 300 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 97% 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.
Households in social housing: 7.3%, a lower share than 75% 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
The figure for households without a car is 13% in Jarnages and 11% in the typical compared French town. More empty homes than in 53% of compared French towns: 7%. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 72% 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 −10%; the six to 2023, +10%.
Jarnages ranks above 86% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 30%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Jarnages 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Jarnages’s residents are over 49.3, older than in four fifths of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.6%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
One-person households: 42%, a higher share than 76% 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
Households here average 2 people each. At 24%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 57% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,080 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 €24,080 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
In Jarnages, 28% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 74% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 65% of compared French towns, at 4.8%
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 nearly two thirds of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals in Jarnages.
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 39% in Jarnages, less than in 76% 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
Single residents: a quarter of the total. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Jarnages ranks below 62% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 17%
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
Roughly three in ten: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 498 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
2 in 3 nearby towns have a higher median age than Jarnages
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarnages | 49.3 | 30% | 11% | 4.8% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 8.6 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 10.2 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 16.3 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
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 Jarnages
What is the population of Jarnages?
498 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (501).
How old are Jarnages’ residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jarnages?
33, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jarnages?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jarnages?
€24,080 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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