Half of Le Compas is over 56, older than 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Le Compas counted 197 residents and 98 households at the 2023 Census. In Le Compas, half of households are headed by a retired person. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Le Compas comes in at 1.1%.
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 Le Compas
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 73 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Compas, 39% of its 190 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Le Compas’ residents are under 56 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Compas had 209 residents at the 2012 census and 197 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Compas: 39% of homes are second homes, above 96% 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
Empty homes: 7.7% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 37% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.8% (under two years). At 9.7%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
−6% since 2012, a pace below 90% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Creuse town −5%.
Le Compas sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (4.3%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Compas 56. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 92% of compared French towns: 33%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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.
A smaller share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
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 figure for one-person households is 40% in Le Compas and 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
The median resident lives on €22,400 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,400 a year: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Le Compas ranks below 96% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 5%
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 5% in Le Compas. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 92% of compared French towns: 15%
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. In Le Compas, 13% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
The share of married residents tops 94% of compared French towns: 51%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns: 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 24% in Le Compas and 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (197 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Le Compas and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Compas | 56 | 33% | 39% | 13% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 14.2 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 Le Compas
What is the population of Le Compas?
197 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (209).
How old are Le Compas’ residents?
The median age is 56, older than 95% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Compas?
73, with occasional dwellings: 39% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Compas?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Compas?
€22,400 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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