A median age of 55: Puy-Malsignat is older than 94% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Puy-Malsignat has 40%. Its 77 households held 140 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Puy-Malsignat, 0.8% 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 Puy-Malsignat
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Puy-Malsignat, 29% of its 130 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Puy-Malsignat had 170 residents at the 2012 census and 140 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Puy-Malsignat’s residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (11%): 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: 29% 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
Households without a car: 5.3% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in 86% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −18% since 2012, behind 99% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Creuse town −5%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −6%; from 2017 to 2023, −12%.
Puy-Malsignat sits above 89% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (32%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Puy-Malsignat 55. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Puy-Malsignat, 8.1%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 95% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Puy-Malsignat, 6.7%. On the census count, 40% of households are one person living alone. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A median of €19,900 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.
At €19,900 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 88% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 13%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% 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 make up 8.1% in Puy-Malsignat, more than in 75% 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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Puy-Malsignat comes in at 8.8%. That is higher than in 65% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%. Set beside 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.
Below 58% of compared French towns: 24% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Census figures put married residents at 42% in Puy-Malsignat. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 21%, a lower share than 84% of compared French towns
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
Adults with no qualification make up 16%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (140 to 2,582 people), the 6th 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.
Puy-Malsignat is younger than 1 of its 2 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puy-Malsignat | 55 | 32% | 29% | 8.8% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 5.6 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 16.7 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
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 Puy-Malsignat
What is the population of Puy-Malsignat?
140 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (170).
How old are Puy-Malsignat’s residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puy-Malsignat?
37, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puy-Malsignat?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.8% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (8.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puy-Malsignat?
€19,900 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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