Cromac is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.4
3.7% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Flats: 0.8% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Cromac had 249 residents in 130 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Vienne 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 Cromac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 92 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cromac, 36% of its 250 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 Cromac’s residents are under 57.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Cromac (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 4.5% for the median compared commune in Haute-Vienne. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cromac ranks above 96% of compared French towns on second homes: 36%
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
Here just over one in ten homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Across Cromac, 4.5% of households have no car. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 82% 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 −4% to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
4.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Cromac 57.4. The median compared French town: 44.
32% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
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-Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of one-person households (44%), Cromac is above 82% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.9 people.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €20,870 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.
The median standard of living in Cromac is €20,870 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 41%, a higher share than 85% 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 Cromac. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%. 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).
16% of residents are immigrants, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 15%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Cromac sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Cromac ranks below 91% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 18%
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
With adults with no qualification at 22%, Cromac is ahead of 66% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 249 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).
No nearby town is as old as Cromac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cromac | 57.4 | 32% | 36% | 16% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 11.4 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
| Bessines-sur-Gartempe 2,709 · 16.8 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 8.6% | 3.7% |
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 Cromac
What is the population of Cromac?
249 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (257).
How old are Cromac’s residents?
The median age is 57.4, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cromac?
92, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cromac?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cromac?
€20,870 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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