Randan sits below 97% of compared French towns for households in social housing (1.9%)
22% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 11% of homes stand empty. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 27%, more than in 78% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Randan was home to 1,619 people in 700 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.
Slower growth than 59% of compared French towns: Randan changed by +3% since 2012
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 change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
A median age of 46.8: Randan is older than 68% 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
■ Randan 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here.
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Randan sits below 78% of compared French towns for couples with children (19%)
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
By its share of one-person households (39%), Randan is above two thirds of compared French towns. On average, 2.1 people share a household. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 10% of homes are flats in Randan
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%, above 66% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly one in ten households have no car in Randan.
The median resident lives on €24,000 a year per consumption unit
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 residents live in households above €24,000 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Only 5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Randan
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (37%), Randan is above 73% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 9.4% of 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 smaller share of immigrants than 90% of compared French towns: 2.2%
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.7%, below 84% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 35% in Randan, less than in 89% of compared French towns
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
The share of single residents trails nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 23%. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 Randan, 27% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,619 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Randan, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randan | 46.8 | 27% | 3.5% | 2.2% |
| Maringues 3,141 · 6.4 mi | 40.9 | 21% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Yorre 2,641 · 6.6 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Puy-Guillaume 2,630 · 7.1 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 2.7% | 4% |
| Aigueperse 2,665 · 7.2 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
| Abrest 2,915 · 7.3 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 7.4 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
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 Randan
What is the population of Randan?
1,619 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,576).
How old are Randan’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Randan?
28, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Randan?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Randan?
€24,000 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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