A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.4%
0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 88% of compared French towns: 33% of households are couples with children. Orléat is home to 2,242 residents in 950 households, by the 2023 Census. Households without a car: 3.1% of the total.
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.
Orléat’s population changed by +9% since 2012, more than in 65% 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 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
Only 7.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Orléat
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Orléat 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Orléat’s residents are over 45.9, older than in 63% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%.
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 one-person households than 95% of compared French towns: 25%
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 share of single-parent households is 2.6%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 5.5% of homes stand empty
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 28%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up 2.7%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€29,120 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €29,120 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 79% of compared French towns. 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Households headed by a retired person: 39%, a higher share than 79% 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 92% of compared French towns: 1.9%
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 lower than in 92% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Orléat.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% 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
In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 50% and 12%, and 4.8% are widowed. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Orléat, less than in 90% 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: 38%, above nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,242 to 2,582 people, the 19th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Orléat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Orléat
What is the population of Orléat?
2,242 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (2,062).
How old are Orléat’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orléat?
28, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orléat?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orléat?
€29,120 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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