Pébrac is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.8
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Flats: 0.6% of the total. At the 2023 Census, 113 people lived in Pébrac, in 56 households. Just over two in five households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%).
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 Pébrac
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 74 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pébrac, 50% of its 150 homes: higher than in 97% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Pébrac’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pébrac had 125 residents at the 2012 census and 113 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 19 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
50% of homes in Pébrac are second 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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 13% of homes stand empty, or about one in eight. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car tops 64% of compared French towns: 14%.
Pébrac’s population moved −10% on 2012, less than in 97% 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 those years, the median Haute-Loire town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −9%, then −1% to 2023.
Pébrac sits below 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.8%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pébrac 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Pébrac ranks below 76% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 8.3%
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
On average, 2 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents. Fewer couples with children than in just over half of compared French towns: 25%.
Households headed by a retired person make up 50% in Pébrac, more than in 97% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pébrac: 6.8% 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.
That is higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Loire has 3.8%. Immigrants make up about one in 15 here (6.8%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Pébrac, 39% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 72% 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
Fewer single residents than in 52% of compared French towns: 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns, at 28%
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
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (113 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 of 4 neighbors are older than Pébrac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pébrac | 54.8 | 31% | 50% | 6.8% |
| Langeac 3,499 · 4.7 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 12% | 6.1% |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 3,585 · 17 mi | 47 | 25% | 2.4% | 6.5% |
| Polignac 2,819 · 17 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 6.3% | 1.8% |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 3,395 · 17.4 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
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 Pébrac
What is the population of Pébrac?
113 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (125).
How old are Pébrac’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pébrac?
74, with occasional dwellings: 50% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pébrac?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (4.3%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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