Half of Larodde is over 57.8, older than 97% of compared French towns
Single-parent households: 3.8% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. Larodde’s 140 households held 296 residents at the 2023 Census. About one in nine: that is how common empty homes are in Larodde (11%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Larodde
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Larodde, 44% of its 310 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Larodde’s residents are under 57.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 44%
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
Here 3.6% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Locally, 10% of households have no car.
+11% since 2012, a pace 72% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, +12%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Larodde 57.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 35%, Larodde is ahead of 94% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Larodde sits below 78% of compared French towns for couples with children (19%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Larodde has 33%. Each household has 2.1 people on average. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €21,970 a year to live on
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 €21,970 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
Only 3.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Larodde
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 41% in Larodde and 32% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 74% of compared French towns, at 3.9%
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 2.9%, Larodde is behind 67% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. The median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly three quarters 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
Here 47% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Larodde ranks below 86% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 20%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification in Larodde. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 296 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.
Larodde and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larodde | 57.8 | 35% | 44% | 3.9% |
| Ussel 9,187 · 11.9 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 4.5% | 10% |
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 Larodde
What is the population of Larodde?
296 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (267).
How old are Larodde’s residents?
The median age is 57.8, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Larodde?
140, with occasional dwellings: 44% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Larodde?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Larodde?
€21,970 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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