Parent ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.2%
By its share of households in social housing (2.3%), Parent is below 96% of compared French towns. 6.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 15. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 30%, fewer than in three quarters of compared French towns. The town counted 879 residents and 390 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Parent
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 65 second homes and occasional dwellings in Parent, 13% of its 500 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 15% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Parent ranks above 90% of compared French towns on second homes: 13%
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 nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 21%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. 15% of homes are flats, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 8.5%, above 68% of compared French towns.
Growth of +10% since 2012 puts Parent ahead of 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
The first five years brought +8%; the six to 2023, +2%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Parent 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Parent’s residents are under 42.6, younger than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in ten here (10%).
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%.
Single-parent households make up 13% in Parent, more than in 86% 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
Households here average 2.2 people each. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 27%, more than in 58% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €28,490 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.
At €28,490 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 35% in Parent, more than in 62% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker in Parent. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Parent, 3.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.5%), Parent is below 87% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Parent
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
Two in five residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns, at 8.3%
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 40%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 879 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th youngest
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).
Every neighbor is older than Parent
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | 42.6 | 19% | 13% | 3.3% |
| Vic-le-Comte 5,396 · 1.9 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 2.5% | 4% |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 3,826 · 4.6 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 4.6 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 5.5 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
| Orcet 2,897 · 6.4 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 1.4% | 4.6% |
| Le Cendre 5,415 · 7 mi | 45.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 5.6% |
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 Parent
What is the population of Parent?
879 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (799).
How old are Parent’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Parent?
65, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Parent?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Parent?
€28,490 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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