Half of Giat is over 59.3, older than 98% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 48% in Giat and 32% in the typical compared French town. 2.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 94% of compared French towns. The town is home to 786 residents in 400 households, by the 2023 Census. Flats make up about one in nine here (11%).
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 Giat
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 88 second homes and occasional dwellings in Giat, 14% of its 650 homes: higher than in 90% 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 Giat’s residents are under 59.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Giat had 860 residents at the 2012 census and 786 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 170 homes empty (26%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
In the last two years, 4.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 31% have stayed 30 years or more. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 14% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% of compared French towns.
Giat changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, behind 96% 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 change was −5% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns, at 39%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Giat 59.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24 in Giat. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 13%
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
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Giat. This Puy-de-Dôme town has more one-person households than 82% of compared French towns, at 44%. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Each household has 1.9 people on average.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,440 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.
Living standards centre on €22,440 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 3.9% in Giat, less than in 94% 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 Giat, 7.7% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 61% of compared French towns: 5.5% of residents are foreign nationals
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 median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 56% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 7.4% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, below 74% 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
With single residents at 23%, Giat is behind nearly three quarters of compared French towns on that count. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Giat
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
29% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
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 Giat
What is the population of Giat?
786 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (860).
How old are Giat’s residents?
The median age is 59.3, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Giat?
88, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Giat?
INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Giat?
€22,440 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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