Only 0.6% of homes are flats in Escoutoux
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 5.7% of households are single parents in Escoutoux. Households without a car: 3% of the total. The median age locally is 49.9, higher than in 83% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,369 people lived in the town, in 610 households.
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.
Slower growth than 59% of compared French towns: Escoutoux changed by +3% since 2012
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Only 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in Escoutoux
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Escoutoux 49.9. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Only 28% of households are one person living alone in Escoutoux
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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. More couples with children than in 55% of compared French towns: 26%. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Escoutoux, 6.9% of homes are second homes, more than in 83% 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
6.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 27% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here 9.1% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
€26,400 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,400 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 37% in Escoutoux, more than in 73% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 14%, above 72% of compared French towns. 15% of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 60% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.3%, a lower share than 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.
With foreign nationals at 1.5%, Escoutoux is behind 86% of compared French towns on that count. For 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: 18%, a lower share than 98% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 51% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Escoutoux, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 69% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (28%), Escoutoux is below 56% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,369 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.
Around Escoutoux, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Escoutoux
What is the population of Escoutoux?
1,369 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,335).
How old are Escoutoux’s residents?
The median age is 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Escoutoux?
50, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Escoutoux?
INSEE counts 45 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Escoutoux?
€26,400 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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