Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Altier is over 55.6
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Altier counted 213 residents and 110 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 13% of households are couples with children. By its share of households headed by a retired person (50%), Altier is above 97% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Lozère 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 Altier
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 200 second homes and occasional dwellings in Altier, 62% of its 320 homes: higher than in 99% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Altier’s residents are under 55.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
62% of homes in Altier are second homes
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
1.3% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 7.6% of households have no car in Altier. At 4.1%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 86% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
+3% since 2012, a pace below 58% 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 −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Lozère town −4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.2% in Altier, less than in 99% 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
■ Altier 55.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 37% of residents are 65 or over in Altier. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of single-parent households than 86% of compared French towns: 13%
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 Lozère median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2 people share a household. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in 63% of compared French towns: 38%.
A median of €17,690 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.
Living standards centre on €17,690 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 4.5% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 manager or professional is 14%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 88% 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, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Altier has 1.4%. As a reference point, 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 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Altier. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Altier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Altier
What is the population of Altier?
213 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (207).
How old are Altier’s residents?
The median age is 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Altier?
200, with occasional dwellings: 62% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Altier?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Altier?
€17,690 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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