2.9% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
3.2% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. There were 570 households in Le Crest at the 2023 Census, home to 1,300 residents. For Le Crest, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.3%. This Puy-de-Dôme town has fewer households headed by a manual worker than 88% of compared French towns, at 7.9%.
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.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 75% 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
Over those years, the median Puy-de-Dôme town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 73% of compared French towns: half of Le Crest is over 47.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Crest 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
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%.
A lower share of one-person households than 92% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
29% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. By contrast, at 8.7%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 70% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
1.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 97% 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
Second homes make up 2.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Against that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 6.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 32% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €32,700 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 median standard of living in Le Crest is €32,700 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
Above 85% of compared French towns: 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Here 36% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% 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: 1.1%, a lower share than 93% 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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Le Crest comes in at 3.9%. That is lower than in 74% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Le Crest sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (17%)
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 Le Crest, 51% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
8% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Le Crest, 45%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,300 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.
Le Crest is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Crest | 47.7 | 23% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| La Roche-Blanche 3,311 · 1.4 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 2 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Orcet 2,897 · 2.3 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 1.4% | 4.6% |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 3,826 · 3.1 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Pérignat-lès-Sarliève 2,872 · 3.2 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 4.5% |
| Romagnat 7,894 · 3.3 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 1.5% | 7.6% |
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 Le Crest
What is the population of Le Crest?
1,300 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (1,316).
How old are Le Crest’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Crest?
18, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Crest?
INSEE counts 50 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Crest?
€32,700 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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