Fewer couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 9.1%
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in La Pouge comes in at 3.8%. There were 51 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 96 residents. 5.2% of residents are 15 to 24. At 18%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in three quarters 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 La Pouge
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Pouge, 24% of its 83 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Many people living alone
55% of La Pouge’s households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 37% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of La Pouge’s residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 24% 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
The share of empty homes is 14%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 25% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.8% (under two years). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A +16% change since 2012: faster than 83% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +8%; 2017 to 2023, +7%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Creuse town −5%.
La Pouge is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Pouge 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, La Pouge has 31%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
In La Pouge, 55% of households are one person living alone, more than in 98% 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
The average household has 1.9 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns, at 55%
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
Locally, 9.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 6.2%, a higher share than 65% 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 share of immigrants is 8.2%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A larger share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in La Pouge comes in at 37%. On average, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in La Pouge
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
Graduates of higher education: 34%, above 64% of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 96 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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).
A younger town than 1 of the 3 around it: La Pouge
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Pouge | 52.8 | 31% | 24% | 8.2% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 11.1 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 12.6 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 14.1 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 La Pouge
What is the population of La Pouge?
96 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (83).
How old are La Pouge’s residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Pouge?
20, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Pouge?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (6.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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