Only 3.4% of homes are flats in Ceyssac
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Ceyssac had 442 residents in 190 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in the town. 4.7% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Loire 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 Ceyssac
Empty homes
The census found 33 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.
Faster growth than 70% of compared French towns: Ceyssac changed by +10% since 2012
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 those years, the median Haute-Loire town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then +6% to 2023.
Ceyssac is older than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ceyssac 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 71% of compared French towns: 26%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 29% of households are one person living alone
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 Haute-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Ceyssac.
14% of homes stand empty, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
4.7% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 34% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.4% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median of €26,760 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.
Half of Ceyssac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,760 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
5.3% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 96% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person tops just over four fifths of compared French towns: 39%. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Against that, 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 smaller share of immigrants than 82% of compared French towns: 3%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Ceyssac has 1.9%. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Single residents: 16%, a lower share than 99% 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
The figure for married residents is 53% in Ceyssac and 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 17%, a lower share than 63% 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
Nearly a third of Ceyssac’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 17% have no diploma (19%).
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Around Ceyssac, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceyssac | 49.3 | 26% | 4.7% | 3% |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 3,585 · 1.5 mi | 47 | 25% | 2.4% | 6.5% |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 3,395 · 2 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Polignac 2,819 · 2.6 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 6.3% | 1.8% |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 18,540 · 2.6 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 5.9% | 12% |
| Chadrac 2,542 · 3.5 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 1.8% | 8.7% |
| Brives-Charensac 4,244 · 4.3 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 5.7% |
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 Ceyssac
What is the population of Ceyssac?
442 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (401).
How old are Ceyssac’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ceyssac?
11, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ceyssac?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ceyssac?
€26,760 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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