Cellieu sits above 98% of compared French towns for couples with children (38%)
Households in social housing: 4.4%, below 89% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 1,731 residents in 700 households. About one in 11: that is how common flats are in Cellieu (8.9%). The town has fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.3%.
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 Cellieu
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 5% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +6% change since 2012: faster than 55% 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
The median Loire town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six +2%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 80% of compared French towns: 9.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cellieu 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Cellieu’s residents are over 44.6, older than in 54% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 21% in Cellieu, less than in 99% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.5 people. The share of single-parent households stands at 5%. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
91% of homes are houses
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
On empty homes, 5.9% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 5.4% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 30% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Second homes are rarer here than in 69% of compared French towns.
€29,540 a year: the median standard of living
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 €29,540 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
Cellieu: 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 80% 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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Cellieu has 34%. Locally, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2% in Cellieu, less than in 91% 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.
The median compared commune in Loire has 5.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Cellieu, 57% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 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
19% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
9.2% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 97% 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
With graduates of higher education at 40%, Cellieu is ahead of 81% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
17th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,731 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Cellieu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cellieu | 44.6 | 21% | 1.3% | 2% |
| La Grand-Croix 4,947 · 1.5 mi | 40.8 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| L'Horme 4,806 · 2 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 0.5% | 10% |
| Lorette 4,983 · 2.1 mi | 42.2 | 24% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Genilac 3,839 · 2.2 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Paul-en-Jarez 4,699 · 2.7 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Plaine 3,764 · 3.4 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 1.2% | 4.8% |
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 Cellieu
What is the population of Cellieu?
1,731 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,636).
How old are Cellieu’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cellieu?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cellieu?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cellieu?
€29,540 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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