Bussières-et-Pruns is younger than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 35.7
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Bussières-et-Pruns, 2.8% of homes are flats. The 2023 Census counted 512 residents in 180 households. 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 22% locally.
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 Bussières-et-Pruns
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 28% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Bussières-et-Pruns’ residents are under 35.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Bussières-et-Pruns had 425 residents at the 2012 census and 512 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bussières-et-Pruns’s population changed by +20% since 2012, more than in 91% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Puy-de-Dôme town, the change came in two steps: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then +14% to 2023.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 13% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bussières-et-Pruns 35.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8%, below 92% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Bussières-et-Pruns ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 40%
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
The figure for single-parent households is 17% in Bussières-et-Pruns and 10% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.8 people on average.
Bussières-et-Pruns sits below 88% of compared French towns for households without a car (5%)
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
12% of households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns. Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes stand empty here.
Standard of living at the median: €26,500 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,500 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Bussières-et-Pruns: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 91% 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
27% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: 5.5% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 9.4% in Bussières-et-Pruns, more than in 80% 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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Bussières-et-Pruns has 9.2%. Immigrants make up a share higher than in two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Married residents account for 44%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 10% of adults out of school have no qualification in Bussières-et-Pruns
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Bussières-et-Pruns has 32%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 512 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.
At the ends of the range sit Bussières-et-Pruns (35.7), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Bussières-et-Pruns
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bussières-et-Pruns | 35.7 | 13% | 7% | 9.2% |
| Aigueperse 2,665 · 1.7 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 6.3 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Ennezat 2,748 · 7.7 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Maringues 3,141 · 7.7 mi | 40.9 | 21% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Riom 18,820 · 10 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 3.2% | 8.3% |
| Châtel-Guyon 6,299 · 10.1 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 13% | 5.9% |
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 Bussières-et-Pruns
What is the population of Bussières-et-Pruns?
512 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (425).
How old are Bussières-et-Pruns’ residents?
The median age is 35.7, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 32% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bussières-et-Pruns?
15, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bussières-et-Pruns?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 48 foreign nationals (9.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bussières-et-Pruns?
€26,500 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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