Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Parentignat is over 52.7
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 480 residents in 230 households. Census figures put flats at 3.1% in Parentignat. With households without a car at 5.6%, Parentignat is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Parentignat
An older town
Half of Parentignat’s residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 30 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.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +9%, then −8% to 2023. Over those years, the median Puy-de-Dôme town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 6.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Parentignat 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (24%), Parentignat is above 64% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 20% in Parentignat, less than in 72% 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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. On single-parent households, Parentignat sits lower than 77% of compared French towns: 8.3%. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Parentignat sits above 85% of compared French towns for empty homes (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
Some 7.6% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 31% who have been there 30 years or more. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 1.9% of the total.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,660 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 median standard of living in Parentignat is €27,660 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 73% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 17%, above 68% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Across Parentignat, a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Parentignat, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 75% 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.
Immigrants: 4.4% here and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 69% 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
52% of 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%.
Graduates of higher education make up 27% in Parentignat, less than in 61% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Ranked by age, 8th 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 Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Parentignat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parentignat | 52.7 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.4% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 2.4 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
| Brassac-les-Mines 3,412 · 8 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
| Vic-le-Comte 5,396 · 8.6 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 2.5% | 4% |
| Sainte-Florine 3,283 · 8.8 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 3,826 · 11.6 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 11.6 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 3.3% |
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 Parentignat
What is the population of Parentignat?
480 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (478).
How old are Parentignat’s residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Parentignat?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Parentignat?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Parentignat?
€27,660 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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