Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of La Cellette is over 57.2
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, La Cellette has 53%. 3.5% of households have no car, or about one in 29. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 169 residents locally, living in 85 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.
What stands out about the people of La Cellette
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Cellette, 21% of its 120 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% 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 La Cellette’s residents are under 57.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats make up 0.8% in La Cellette, less than in 99% 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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 21% in La Cellette. On average, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 9.8%.
La Cellette changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 62% 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
5.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ La Cellette 57.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 33%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
5.9% of households are single parents, below 96% 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
There are 2 people in the average household. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; La Cellette has 24%.
Median standard of living: €25,690 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 €25,690 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Below 65% of compared French towns: 12% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 7.1% in La Cellette, more than in 70% 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.
Immigrants make up 8.3%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 82% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; La Cellette has 44%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns: 21%
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 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 169 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
La Cellette is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Cellette | 57.2 | 33% | 21% | 8.3% |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 3,480 · 7.2 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 4.8% | 6.2% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 13.2 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Prémilhat 2,540 · 17.4 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.9% |
| Montluçon 33,147 · 17.8 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 3.1% | 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 La Cellette
What is the population of La Cellette?
169 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (166).
How old are La Cellette’s residents?
The median age is 57.2, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Cellette?
26, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Cellette?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Cellette?
€25,690 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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