In Sévérac, 2.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 3.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Sévérac is home to 1,690 residents in 760 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 3.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 6.4%, more than in 82% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loire-Atlantique 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.
Since 2012, Sévérac has changed by +4%, slower than 54% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then +4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Loire-Atlantique town changed +14% and the median compared French town +5%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 77% of compared French towns, at 9.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sévérac 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. The median age in Sévérac is 45.3, higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 7.9%, a lower share than 82% 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 Loire-Atlantique median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 65% of compared French towns: 28% of households are couples with children. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Sévérac comes in at 33%.
5.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 85% 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
There is little gap on empty homes: 7.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Typically, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Just over a fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9% moved in within the last two years.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,330 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,330 a year: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Sévérac ranks above 84% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 40%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Sévérac has 21%. Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 93% of compared French towns: 1.9%
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 1.2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Loire-Atlantique has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 92% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Married residents make up 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Sévérac, 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Sévérac has 20%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,690 to 2,582 people, the 21st 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Sévérac and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sévérac | 45.3 | 24% | 6.4% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Gildas-des-Bois 3,860 · 3.3 mi | 44.1 | 25% | 2.1% | 1.9% |
| Rieux 2,856 · 4.5 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 3.7% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Dolay 2,645 · 4.8 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon 3,311 · 5.8 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 3.2% | 3.1% |
| Guenrouet 3,673 · 6.2 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 5.9% | 1.4% |
| Redon 9,542 · 7.1 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 3.8% | 8.1% |
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 Sévérac
What is the population of Sévérac?
1,690 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,627).
How old are Sévérac’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 58% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sévérac?
57, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sévérac?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sévérac?
€24,330 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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