Photo: Tabl-trai · CC BY-SA 3.00.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 26% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. About one in 13: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Orcines (7.8%). Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 3.6% of households have no car. At the 2023 Census, 3,609 people lived here, in 1,580 households.
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.
Growth of +9% since 2012 puts Orcines ahead of 68% 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
In two steps, +3% to 2017 and +7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Puy-de-Dôme.
Half of Orcines is over 46.3, older than 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
■ Orcines 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
23% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four.
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 Orcines, 6.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 93% 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
30% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Orcines ranks below 84% of compared French towns on flats: 11%
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: 3.5% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Here, nearly one in ten homes stand empty. Flats make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €32,230 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 midpoint of living standards here is €32,230 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 92% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 5.0%.
Orcines sits above 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (17%)
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 10%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 31% of households are headed by a retired person in Orcines. To put it in context, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 85% of compared French towns, at 1.6%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. For Orcines, the census puts immigrants at 3.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Orcines
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
By its share of married residents (52%), Orcines is above 95% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 9.8%, a lower share than 96% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 45%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Neuilly-Crimolois to 57.5 in Montrichard Val de Cher.
Of the 6 towns nearest Orcines, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orcines | 46.3 | 23% | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| Royat 4,479 · 2.1 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 13% | 9.8% |
| Chamalières 17,509 · 2.3 mi | 47.8 | 29% | 5.4% | 5.7% |
| Ceyrat 6,592 · 3.6 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Sayat 2,529 · 3.8 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 1.6% | 5.3% |
| Clermont-Ferrand 146,351 · 3.8 mi | 32.9 | 17% | 5.6% | 18% |
| Beaumont 10,728 · 4.1 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 7% |
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 Orcines
What is the population of Orcines?
3,609 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (3,296).
How old are Orcines’ residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orcines?
63, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orcines?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 58 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orcines?
€32,230 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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