A median age of 59.4: Le Quartier is older than 98% of compared French towns
In Le Quartier, 1.2% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 225 residents and 120 households here. On the census count, 58% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Le Quartier
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 73 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Quartier, 31% of its 230 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Le Quartier’s residents are under 59.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 38 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
31% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
8.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes are more common here than in 97% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Le Quartier, 7.2%.
A +10% change since 2012: faster than 70% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Quartier 59.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In Le Quartier, 35% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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%.
Fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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
44% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Lower than in 81% of compared French towns: 18% of households are couples with children. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On average, 1.8 people share a household.
At the median, €21,350 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.
The median standard of living in Le Quartier is €21,350 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 7.6%, a lower share than 89% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 14%, a higher share than 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 higher than in 84% of compared French towns. For Le Quartier, the census puts foreign nationals at 13%. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 40% of residents 15 and over are married
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
24% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Only 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Le Quartier
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
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 225 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).
Le Quartier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Quartier | 59.4 | 35% | 31% | 14% |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 3,480 · 4.5 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 4.8% | 6.2% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 11.3 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Montluçon 33,147 · 16.9 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Prémilhat 2,540 · 16.9 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.9% |
| Désertines 4,259 · 17.4 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 1.5% | 5% |
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 Quartier
What is the population of Le Quartier?
225 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (204).
How old are Le Quartier’s residents?
The median age is 59.4, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Quartier?
73, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Quartier?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Quartier?
€21,350 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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