In Craintilleux, 41% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing is 1.7%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Craintilleux had 1,342 residents in 510 households at the 2023 census. For Craintilleux, the census puts households without a car at 1.2%. Lower than in 81% of compared French towns: 17% of residents are 65 or over.
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 Craintilleux
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 2.9% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +11% change since 2012: faster than 74% 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 population moved +10%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loire town +3%.
Craintilleux is younger than 70% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Craintilleux 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Craintilleux.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
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 share of single-parent households is 2.9%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.6 people on average.
Only 2.6% of homes stand empty in Craintilleux
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
Second homes make up 0.9%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Across Craintilleux, 4.6% of homes are flats.
Median standard of living: €28,110 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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,110 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 19%, a higher share than 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%. Locally, 33% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, below 94% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Craintilleux, 1.3%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Craintilleux sits above 98% of compared French towns for married residents (54%)
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Craintilleux. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 86% 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 Craintilleux, just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 6th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Around Craintilleux, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craintilleux | 41.4 | 17% | 0.9% | 1.8% |
| Veauche 8,975 · 3 mi | 47.5 | 27% | 1% | 3.7% |
| Sury-le-Comtal 6,621 · 3.6 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon 10,425 · 3.9 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 1.2% | 14% |
| Bonson 4,557 · 4 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 1% | 5.8% |
| Montrond-les-Bains 5,652 · 4.2 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 1.7% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Galmier 5,829 · 4.4 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
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 Craintilleux
What is the population of Craintilleux?
1,342 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,205).
How old are Craintilleux’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Craintilleux?
5, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Craintilleux?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Craintilleux?
€28,110 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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