A median age of 57.3: Ferrussac is older than 97% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Ferrussac had 77 residents in 41 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 2.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. Here 3.5% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%.
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 Ferrussac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ferrussac, 38% of its 89 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Ferrussac’s residents are under 57.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ferrussac had 85 residents at the 2012 census and 77 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 14 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ferrussac sits above 96% of compared French towns for second homes (38%)
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
18% of households moved in less than two years ago; 45% have been in their home 30 years or more. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 16%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 97% of compared French towns. Households without a car: 13% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
A −9% change since 2012: slower than 96% 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
Here the change came as −5% to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 89% of compared French towns, at 32%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ferrussac 57.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.2%, Ferrussac is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Ferrussac, 38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 60% 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 Haute-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 1.9 people on average. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 25%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Ferrussac, 38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 76% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Ferrussac. Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ferrussac: 0% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 48% in Ferrussac, more than in 83% 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 account for 26%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Ferrussac, 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification here. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 77 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Ferrussac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrussac | 57.3 | 32% | 38% | 0% |
| Langeac 3,499 · 4.5 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 12% | 6.1% |
| Brioude 6,527 · 13.9 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 5.3% | 7.5% |
| Saint-Flour 6,391 · 15.9 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.3% | 4.7% |
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 Ferrussac
What is the population of Ferrussac?
77 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (85).
How old are Ferrussac’s residents?
The median age is 57.3, older than 97% of compared French towns. 6.6% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ferrussac?
34, with occasional dwellings: 38% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ferrussac?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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