Half of Échandelys is over 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns
In Échandelys, 16% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 4.5% of the total. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 1.5% of homes are flats. Census day 2023: 248 residents and 130 households here.
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 Échandelys
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 87 second homes and occasional dwellings in Échandelys, 34% of its 260 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Échandelys’ residents are under 56.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 44 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Échandelys ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 34%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. 17% of homes stand empty.
Growth of +6% since 2012 puts Échandelys ahead of 55% 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 first five years brought +10%; the six to 2023, −4%.
Échandelys ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Échandelys 56.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 34% of residents are 65 or over in Échandelys. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Above 80% of compared French towns: 43% of households are one person living alone
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 share of single-parent households tops two thirds of compared French towns: 11%. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.9 people on average.
Median standard of living: €22,620 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.
The median standard of living in Échandelys is €22,620 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Échandelys sits above 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (44%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Échandelys, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Échandelys, 5.9% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 63% 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.
7.6% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 76% 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
The share of married residents stands at 43%. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Échandelys, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 70% 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
With graduates of higher education at 26%, Échandelys is behind 65% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (248 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Échandelys
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Échandelys | 56.7 | 34% | 34% | 7.6% |
| Ambert 6,517 · 10.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 8.2% | 6.5% |
| Brassac-les-Mines 3,412 · 13.7 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 13.9 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
| Courpière 4,166 · 14.3 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 3.7% | 5.7% |
| Sainte-Florine 3,283 · 14.6 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Billom 4,805 · 15.2 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.9% | 3.7% |
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 Échandelys
What is the population of Échandelys?
248 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (234).
How old are Échandelys’ residents?
The median age is 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Échandelys?
87, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Échandelys?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Échandelys?
€22,620 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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