31% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Prunières has 5.9%. Put another way, about one in five: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker. 7% of households have no car, a lower share than in 73% of compared French towns. The town had 226 residents in 110 households 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 Prunières
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 60 second homes and occasional dwellings in Prunières, 31% of its 190 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Prunières had 261 residents at the 2012 census and 226 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 29 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households in social housing than 97% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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
One household in 14 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%. Across Prunières, 15% of homes stand empty.
A change of −13% since 2012 leaves Prunières behind 99% 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
The median Lozère town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −2% and the next six −12%.
Prunières is older than 76% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Prunières 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Prunières, 19%. Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% in the town, about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
13% of households are single parents, more than in 89% 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 Lozère median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for one-person households is 43% in Prunières and 35% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
Half above, half below €24,690 a year in standard of living
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 Prunières’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,690 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 4.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Households headed by a retired person: 23% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Prunières 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lozère has 7.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Prunières ranks above 83% of compared French towns on married residents: 48%
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
In Prunières, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 17%, a lower share than 63% 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 graduates of higher education stands at 29%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 226 to 2,582 people
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Prunières and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prunières | 48.3 | 19% | 31% | 0% |
| Saint-Chély-d'Apcher 3,955 · 3.3 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 9.6% | 5.6% |
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 Prunières
What is the population of Prunières?
226 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (261).
How old are Prunières’ residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prunières?
60, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prunières?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prunières?
€24,690 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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