Photo: Nyagrodha · CC BY-SA 4.0Fraisses ranks below 89% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4.5%
In Fraisses, 16% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. 42% of homes are flats. At 8.5%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. The town had 3,872 residents in 1,780 households at the 2023 census.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 58% of compared French towns grew faster than Fraisses: +3%
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Loire town +3%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Older than 56% of compared French towns: half of Fraisses is over 44.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fraisses 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23% of the total. 11% of residents are 15 to 24, a higher share than in 56% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 55% 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
Households average 2.2 people. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 26%, more than in 53% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Only 1.1% of homes are second homes in Fraisses
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
Nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 5.5%, fewer than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Fraisses has 9.6%.
Median standard of living: €26,370 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,370 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 54% of compared French towns. 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Households headed by a retired person: 39%, a higher share than 81% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 14%. 4.5% of Fraisses’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 39% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fraisses sits below 79% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.3%)
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.
2.1% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 78% of compared French towns: 47%
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
Here 23% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fraisses sits below 69% of compared French towns for 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
Here 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,843 to 3,903 people), the 20th 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.
The youngest is Pringy (36.3), the oldest Bénodet (62.4).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Fraisses
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraisses | 44.9 | 23% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
| Firminy 17,060 · 1.1 mi | 46.1 | 27% | 1.2% | 15% |
| Unieux 8,514 · 1.2 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Aurec-sur-Loire 6,164 · 3.1 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 6.4% | 3% |
| Le Chambon-Feugerolles 12,314 · 3.1 mi | 42.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 13% |
| Saint-Just-Malmont 4,239 · 3.7 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 4.1% | 2.7% |
| Roche-la-Molière 9,843 · 4 mi | 47 | 25% | 0.7% | 6.7% |
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 Fraisses
What is the population of Fraisses?
3,872 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (3,765).
How old are Fraisses’ residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fraisses?
20, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fraisses?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 83 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fraisses?
€26,370 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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