A median age of 56.5: Rauret is older than 96% of compared French towns
Here 1.9% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. 202 residents in 100 households: that is Rauret at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 50% of households are headed by a retired person. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns.
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 Rauret
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 88 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rauret, 41% of its 210 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Rauret’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 26 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Rauret, 41% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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
6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 18% have stayed 30 years or more. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 12%, more than in 89% of compared French towns. At the same time, in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Rauret has 8%.
Rauret grew +15% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 83% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +11%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Haute-Loire town +2%.
In Rauret, 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% 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
■ Rauret 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Rauret, 34% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children make up 20% in Rauret, less than in 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
Households here average 2 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 40%, above 69% of compared French towns.
A median of €23,480 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 residents live in households above €23,480 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 85% of compared French towns, at 5%
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: 10% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Rauret ranks below 73% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4%
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 is 2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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: 14%, 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 share of married residents is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Rauret
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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 32% in Rauret and 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 202 to 2,582 people, 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 Rauret
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rauret | 56.5 | 34% | 41% | 4% |
| Langogne 2,836 · 6.5 mi | 52 | 32% | 18% | 5.7% |
| Coubon 3,140 · 15.1 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 4.5% | 2% |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 3,395 · 16 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 18,540 · 16.8 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 5.9% | 12% |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 3,585 · 17 mi | 47 | 25% | 2.4% | 6.5% |
| Brives-Charensac 4,244 · 18 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 Rauret
What is the population of Rauret?
202 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (175).
How old are Rauret’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rauret?
88, with occasional dwellings: 41% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rauret?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rauret?
€23,480 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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