More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 21%
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 5.7% in Estivareilles. Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 77% of compared French towns: 6%. In 2023, the Census found 721 residents here, living in 340 households. Flats: 6.8% of the total.
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 Estivareilles
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 99 second homes and occasional dwellings in Estivareilles, 21% of its 470 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 90% of compared French towns: 4.2%
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
Some 7.4% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 23% who have been there 30 years or more. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 7.8%, more than in 62% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Estivareilles changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −1%, then +5% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 88% of compared French towns: 8.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Estivareilles 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Estivareilles is 47.7, higher than in 73% of compared French towns. About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Estivareilles (23%). Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Estivareilles ranks above 59% of compared French towns on couples with children: 27%
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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. At 9%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 67% of compared French towns. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Estivareilles has 36%.
A median standard of living of €24,580 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.
At €24,580 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 86% of compared French towns: 21%
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
On the census count, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 91% of compared French towns: 2.1% of residents are immigrants
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 Estivareilles comes in at 1.4%. 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 83% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Estivareilles has 48%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Estivareilles ranks below 81% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 21%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Estivareilles. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 721 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Estivareilles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estivareilles | 47.7 | 23% | 21% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez 5,116 · 9 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 2.7% | 1.8% |
| Bas-en-Basset 4,638 · 9.5 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 10% | 1.2% |
| Aurec-sur-Loire 6,164 · 10 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 6.4% | 3% |
| Saint-Romain-le-Puy 4,142 · 10.7 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.2% | 2.3% |
| Sury-le-Comtal 6,621 · 11.7 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Monistrol-sur-Loire 8,823 · 11.7 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 3.8% | 3.6% |
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 Estivareilles
What is the population of Estivareilles?
721 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (696).
How old are Estivareilles’ residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Estivareilles?
99, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Estivareilles?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Estivareilles?
€24,580 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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