Flats: 3.3%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Moriat comes in at 31%. The town is home to 392 residents in 180 households, by the 2023 Census. For Moriat, the census puts households in social housing at 4.5%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 71% 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 Moriat
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Moriat’s population moved +4% on 2012, less than in 53% 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
The first five years brought −3%; the six to 2023, +7%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
Older than 64% of compared French towns: half of Moriat is over 46.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Moriat 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
10% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in ten. Residents aged 65 and over make up 22%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, a share 68% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
8.6% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. A household here holds 2.2 people on average. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 11% in Moriat, more than in 85% 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
Some nearly one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 25% who have been there 30 years or more. More second homes than in three quarters of compared French towns: 4.7%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €24,400 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.
At €24,400 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 79% of compared French towns: 5.7%
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 nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Moriat has 29%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The share of married residents is 39%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Moriat 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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Moriat has 21%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 392 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 3 of 5 towns have older populations than Moriat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moriat | 46.1 | 22% | 4.7% | 0.5% |
| Sainte-Florine 3,283 · 2.6 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Brassac-les-Mines 3,412 · 3.2 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
| Brioude 6,527 · 9.5 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 5.3% | 7.5% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 9.6 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
| Vic-le-Comte 5,396 · 16.9 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 2.5% | 4% |
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 Moriat
What is the population of Moriat?
392 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (377).
How old are Moriat’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Moriat?
10, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Moriat?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Moriat?
€24,400 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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