A higher share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 19%
A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 32% in Grazac. For Grazac, the census puts flats at 7.9%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 3.5% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. The town is home to 1,152 residents in 480 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Grazac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Grazac, 19% of its 640 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Grazac sits below 87% of compared French towns for households without a car (5.1%)
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: 5.2% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Grazac grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 74% 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 +3% to 2017, then +8% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Haute-Loire.
Only 17% of residents are 65 or over in Grazac
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Grazac 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Grazac is 40.4, lower than in 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over. Here, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 31%, a lower share than 73% 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 2.4 people on average. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9% here, fewer than in 66% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,720 a year
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 residents live in households above €25,720 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Grazac: 24% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 94% 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 manager or professional trails 62% of compared French towns: 7.7%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town. About one in four: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Grazac (27%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.9%, a lower share than 99% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. The median compared commune in Haute-Loire has 3.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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.
In Grazac, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 67% 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 census found that 44% of residents 15 and over are married in Grazac. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Grazac ranks below 66% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 16%
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: 27%, below 62% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest 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.
Grazac is younger than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grazac | 40.4 | 17% | 19% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon 2,688 · 3.3 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 7.1% | 1.9% |
| Yssingeaux 7,415 · 4.1 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 9.2% | 3.2% |
| Sainte-Sigolène 6,097 · 4.6 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 4% | 7% |
| Beauzac 2,954 · 6.3 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 17% | 1.5% |
| Monistrol-sur-Loire 8,823 · 7.2 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 3.8% | 3.6% |
| Tence 3,111 · 7.4 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 19% | 1.9% |
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 Grazac
What is the population of Grazac?
1,152 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,034).
How old are Grazac’s residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Grazac?
120, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Grazac?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Grazac?
€25,720 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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