Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Job is over 54
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 2.4% in Job. At the 2023 Census Job was home to 1,016 people in 480 households. For Job, the census puts flats at 3.7%. On households headed by a manager or professional, Job sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 4.2%.
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 Job
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Job, 21% of its 750 homes: higher than in 93% 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 Job’s residents are under 54 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 110 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 21%
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, against 11% in the median compared French town. In Job, 15% of homes stand empty. Lower than in 84% of compared French towns: 5.5% of households have no car. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 83% of compared French towns grew faster than Job: −3%
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%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 6.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Job 54. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 32%, Job is ahead of 89% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 88% of compared French towns: 7.2%
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 figure for couples with children is 20% in Job and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents. There are 2 people in the average household.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,480 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,480 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
43% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 90% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Job has 18%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 84% 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.
The median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 2.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Job
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 account for 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Job ranks below 69% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 25%
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
Here just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,016 to 2,582 people
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).
Job sits below 1 of its 5 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job | 54 | 32% | 21% | 2.8% |
| Ambert 6,517 · 4.5 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 8.2% | 6.5% |
| Courpière 4,166 · 13.9 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 3.7% | 5.7% |
| Montbrison 16,123 · 15.6 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 2.8% | 6.4% |
| Boën-sur-Lignon 3,001 · 15.7 mi | 55.3 | 35% | 2.3% | 3.6% |
| Savigneux 3,509 · 16.5 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
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 Job
What is the population of Job?
1,016 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,052).
How old are Job’s residents?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Job?
160, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Job?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Job?
€26,480 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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