More couples with children than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
Households in social housing make up 0.2%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Effiat was home to 1,124 people in 420 households. Here, 1.9% of households have no car. Few places have so few flats: 3.9% here, fewer than in 97% 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 Effiat
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+2% since 2012, a pace below 60% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
Only 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in Effiat
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Effiat 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Effiat’s residents are over 45, older than in 57% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 26%, a lower share than 91% 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
Households here average 2.5 people each. Higher than in 61% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 11% of homes stand empty
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
Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.7% (under two years). In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 2.7%.
A typical living standard of €27,460 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 €27,460 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Effiat: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 67% 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
In Effiat, 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 65% of compared French towns: 30% of households are headed by a retired person. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 98% of compared French towns, at 0.7%
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.
The share of immigrants is 2.1%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. That is lower than in 90% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%.
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 94% of compared French towns: 19%
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 make up 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Effiat ranks below 87% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 12%
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
Graduates of higher education come to 29% in Effiat, about three in ten. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,124 to 2,582 people, the 20th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Effiat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effiat | 45 | 23% | 2.7% | 2.1% |
| Aigueperse 2,665 · 3 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 4.8 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 8.4 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
| Maringues 3,141 · 9.1 mi | 40.9 | 21% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Abrest 2,915 · 9.7 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Vichy 25,115 · 9.9 mi | 53.1 | 37% | 8.5% | 11% |
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 Effiat
What is the population of Effiat?
1,124 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,098).
How old are Effiat’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Effiat?
13, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Effiat?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Effiat?
€27,460 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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