36% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% of compared French towns
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 5.8% in Ispagnac and 11% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 17% of the total. 4.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 88% of compared French towns. Its 420 households held 895 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Ispagnac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 290 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ispagnac, 36% of its 800 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 94 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 12% in Ispagnac, more than in 87% of compared French towns
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
Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%. Flats are rarer here than in 77% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 55% of compared French towns grew faster than Ispagnac: +4%
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
Older than 83% of compared French towns: half of Ispagnac is over 50
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ispagnac 50. The median compared French town: 44.
29% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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 higher share of single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
There are 2 people in the average household. One-person households are more common here than in 76% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €24,620 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.
Half of Ispagnac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,620 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Only 6% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Ispagnac
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are headed by a retired person here. To put it in context, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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.
1.6% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The median compared commune in Lozère has 7.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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.
Fewer married residents than 96% of compared French towns: 32%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Ispagnac. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 53% of compared French towns, at 18%
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 Ispagnac, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 895 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 1 of 2 towns have older populations than Ispagnac
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 Ispagnac
What is the population of Ispagnac?
895 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (863).
How old are Ispagnac’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ispagnac?
290, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ispagnac?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ispagnac?
€24,620 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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