37% of households are couples with children, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
The share of flats is 3.1%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 416 people lived in Espirat, in 170 households. Households headed by a manual worker: 5.9% of the total. The town has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 88% of compared French towns, at 16%.
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 Espirat
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Espirat had 330 residents at the 2012 census and 416 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Espirat grew +26% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 95% 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: +24% from 2012 to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
A median age of 40: Espirat is younger than 79% 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
■ Espirat 40. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 11%.
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%.
A lower share of one-person households than 95% of compared French towns, at 24%
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 average 2.4 people. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten households are single parents, a higher share than in 74% of compared French towns.
12% of homes stand empty, more than in 87% 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
One household in 18 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In Espirat, 5.4% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €26,900 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,900 a year: higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Across Espirat, 8.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The wider picture: 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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.
In Espirat, 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
A lower share of married residents than 84% of compared French towns, at 37%
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 census found that nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Espirat. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
In Espirat, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 77% 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
About one in three: that is how common graduates of higher education are in Espirat (30%). Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (416 to 2,582 people), the 3rd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Espirat and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Espirat | 40 | 16% | 2% | 1.2% |
| Billom 4,805 · 2 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.9% | 3.7% |
| Vertaizon 3,527 · 2.9 mi | 39.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 5.3% |
| Mur-sur-Allier 3,111 · 4.7 mi | 46.1 | 20% | 3.5% | 4.6% |
| Pont-du-Château 12,412 · 5.4 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Lezoux 6,528 · 5.8 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Cournon-d'Auvergne 19,951 · 6.9 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 1.4% | 7.1% |
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 Espirat
What is the population of Espirat?
416 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (330).
How old are Espirat’s residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Espirat?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Espirat?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Espirat?
€26,900 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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