3.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Orcet has 4.2%. At the 2023 Census, 2,897 people lived locally, in 1,270 households. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.1%. Couples with children are more common here than in 78% 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.
A +8% change since 2012: Orcet grew faster than 64% 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%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then +9% to 2023.
In Orcet, 25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 65% 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
■ Orcet 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Orcet’s residents are over 44.8, older than in 55% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
In Orcet, 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 87% 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
The average household has 2.3 people. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
A lower share of households in social housing than 77% of compared French towns, at 6.9%
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
5.2% of households arrived within the last two years, while 30% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have so few second homes: 1.4% here, fewer than in two thirds of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town. Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 7.9% of homes stand empty in Orcet.
A typical living standard of €30,360 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.
Half of Orcet’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,360 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 86% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 5.0% of residents.
Orcet sits above 82% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (40%)
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 share of households headed by a manual worker is 12%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 62% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Orcet, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 77% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Orcet has 4.6%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 67% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 96% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 11% of adults out of school have no qualification
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, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Orcet has 40%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,876 to 2,917 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.
Avord is the youngest (32.5); Batz-sur-Mer the oldest (60.3).
Every neighbor is older than Orcet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orcet | 44.8 | 25% | 1.4% | 4.6% |
| Le Cendre 5,415 · 1.4 mi | 45.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 5.6% |
| La Roche-Blanche 3,311 · 1.9 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 3,826 · 2 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 2.1 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Pérignat-lès-Sarliève 2,872 · 2.3 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 4.5% |
| Cournon-d'Auvergne 19,951 · 2.6 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 1.4% | 7.1% |
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 Orcet
What is the population of Orcet?
2,897 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (2,673).
How old are Orcet’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orcet?
19, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orcet?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 61 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orcet?
€30,360 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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