Half of Arconsat is over 55, older than 94% of compared French towns
In Arconsat, 12% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. There were 290 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 565 residents. Here, 0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). Few places have so few flats: 2.8% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Arconsat
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 73 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arconsat, 16% of its 460 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 99% 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
Arconsat had 633 residents at the 2012 census and 565 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Arconsat’s residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 97 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Arconsat sits above 99% of compared French towns for empty homes (21%)
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
Turnover: 4.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 38% have lived in their home 30 years or more. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. At 16%, the share of second homes is higher than in 92% of compared French towns. Households without a car: 7.6%, below 69% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −11% since 2012, behind 98% 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 −5%, then −6% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.8% in Arconsat, less than in 98% 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
■ Arconsat 55. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Arconsat. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 13% of households are single parents
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2 people on average. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Arconsat has more one-person households than 54% of compared French towns, at 36%.
€23,360 a year: the median 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.
Living standards centre on €23,360 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 21%, a higher share than 88% 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 figure for households headed by a retired person is 34% in Arconsat and 32% in the typical compared French town. About one in 19: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Arconsat (5.3%). The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 80% of compared French towns: 3.2%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 3.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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.
Arconsat: 47% of residents 15 and over are married, above 81% of compared French towns
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 the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Arconsat has 22%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 17% in Arconsat, less than in 93% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 27%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
6th highest median age among 41 French towns of 565 to 2,582
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.
Arconsat is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arconsat | 55 | 33% | 16% | 3.2% |
| Thiers 11,637 · 8.7 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 3.8% | 11% |
| Courpière 4,166 · 12.2 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 3.7% | 5.7% |
| Puy-Guillaume 2,630 · 12.2 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 2.7% | 4% |
| Renaison 3,231 · 15.4 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.4% | 2.2% |
| Lezoux 6,528 · 16.3 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Boën-sur-Lignon 3,001 · 17 mi | 55.3 | 35% | 2.3% | 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 Arconsat
What is the population of Arconsat?
565 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (633).
How old are Arconsat’s residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arconsat?
73, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arconsat?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arconsat?
€23,360 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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