Culhat sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2.1%)
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 3% of households have no car here. The share of couples with children stands at 32%. At 37%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 75% of compared French towns. 1,182 residents in 460 households: that is Culhat at the 2023 Census.
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.
Culhat’s population changed by +9% since 2012, more than in 68% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Puy-de-Dôme.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 25% in Culhat, more than in 68% 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
■ Culhat 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.1%), Culhat is below 80% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are over 44.3, older than in just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, below 94% 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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.4 people. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households make up about one in 16 here (6.3%).
In Culhat, 4.4% of homes are second homes, more than in 73% 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
The figure for empty homes is 8.9% in Culhat and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 9.2% of households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median of €27,060 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 Culhat’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,060 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Culhat ranks above 66% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 12%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 15% in Culhat. In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.9% in Culhat, less than in 93% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.9% in Culhat. By way of comparison, 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.
Single residents: 17%, a lower share than 99% 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
On the census count, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 62% 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 about one in five here (20%). Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,182 to 2,582 people), the 16th youngest
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).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Culhat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culhat | 44.3 | 25% | 4.4% | 1.9% |
| Lezoux 6,528 · 3.1 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Maringues 3,141 · 4.2 mi | 40.9 | 21% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Pont-du-Château 12,412 · 6.2 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Ennezat 2,748 · 6.3 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Vertaizon 3,527 · 6.3 mi | 39.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 5.3% |
| Mur-sur-Allier 3,111 · 8.4 mi | 46.1 | 20% | 3.5% | 4.6% |
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 Culhat
What is the population of Culhat?
1,182 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,080).
How old are Culhat’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 51% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Culhat?
23, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Culhat?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Culhat?
€27,060 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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