27% of homes are second homes, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Apinac has 2.2%. In 2023, the Census found 437 residents locally, living in 230 households. For Apinac, the census puts flats at 6.5%. Fewer households in social housing than in 97% of compared French towns: 1.8%.
Throughout this page, the 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 Apinac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 99 second homes and occasional dwellings in Apinac, 27% of its 370 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Apinac’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 43 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.
4.4% of households have no car, below 92% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Apinac has 12%. For comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
+5% since 2012, a pace below 51% 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 ±0% to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
7.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 97% 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
■ Apinac 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 30% of residents are 65 or over in Apinac. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 51, Apinac is older than 86% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Above 82% of compared French towns: 44% of households are one person living alone
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 22% of households are couples with children here. The share of single-parent households stands at 8.9%. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €23,430 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,430 a year: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 40% of households are headed by a retired person
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: 20% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, below 97% of compared French towns
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Apinac comes in at 0.7%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Apinac, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 93% 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
45% are married and 3.7% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 8.8% are widowed. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Apinac ranks below 68% of compared French towns on 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Apinac has 28%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (437 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Apinac, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apinac | 51 | 30% | 27% | 1.4% |
| Bas-en-Basset 4,638 · 8.2 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 10% | 1.2% |
| Beauzac 2,954 · 10.2 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 17% | 1.5% |
| Aurec-sur-Loire 6,164 · 10.2 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 6.4% | 3% |
| Monistrol-sur-Loire 8,823 · 10.7 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 3.8% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez 5,116 · 11.1 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 2.7% | 1.8% |
| Retournac 3,007 · 12.2 mi | 51.1 | 32% | 17% | 3.8% |
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 Apinac
What is the population of Apinac?
437 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (418).
How old are Apinac’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Apinac?
99, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Apinac?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Apinac?
€23,430 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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