Couples with children make up 40% in Moudeyres, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Moudeyres, 50%. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 8.7% of homes are flats. At the 2023 Census Moudeyres was home to 115 people in 46 households. Across Moudeyres, 6.1% of households have no car.
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 Moudeyres
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Moudeyres, 29% of its 82 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 78% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (15%): 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
15% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 18%. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
Faster growth than 71% of compared French towns: Moudeyres changed by +11% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Haute-Loire. Here the change came as −4% to 2017, then +15% to 2023.
Half of Moudeyres is over 47, older than 69% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Moudeyres 47. The median compared French town: 44.
In Moudeyres, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Moudeyres ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 20%
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
Households average 2.5 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The largest group of households: retired (50%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker 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).
Only 3.3% of residents are immigrants in Moudeyres
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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 72% of compared French towns: 2.5%. That is lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Loire has 3.8%. Set beside that, 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.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 55% of residents 15 and over are married
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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Moudeyres (25%). Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Moudeyres sits below 68% of compared French towns for 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Moudeyres has 32%. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 115 to 2,582
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).
Moudeyres is younger than 5 of its 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moudeyres | 47 | 23% | 29% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Germain-Laprade 3,432 · 9 mi | 47.9 | 23% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| Coubon 3,140 · 9.6 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 4.5% | 2% |
| Brives-Charensac 4,244 · 11 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 5.7% |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 18,540 · 12 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 5.9% | 12% |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 3,395 · 12.3 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Chadrac 2,542 · 12.4 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 1.8% | 8.7% |
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 Moudeyres
What is the population of Moudeyres?
115 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (104).
How old are Moudeyres’ residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Moudeyres?
24, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Moudeyres?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.5%). 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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