Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.6% of homes are flats
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 0.4% in Sallèdes. On the census count, 5.3% of households are single parents. Higher than in 86% of compared French towns: 41% of households are headed by a retired person. The town had 560 residents in 270 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 Sallèdes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sallèdes had 585 residents at the 2012 census and 560 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Sallèdes has changed by −4%, slower than 86% 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 +1%, then −5% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sallèdes 46. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Sallèdes is 46, higher than in 63% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Sallèdes (21%).
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 23% of households are couples with children
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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Sallèdes has 37%. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each.
A higher share of second homes than 87% of compared French towns, at 9.5%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Sallèdes has 9.5%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car make up about one in 18 here (5.6%).
Standard of living at the median: €25,470 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 €25,470 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 1.6%, a lower share than 99% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 18%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sallèdes ranks below 95% of compared French towns on immigrants: 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1% of residents are foreign nationals in Sallèdes. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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 (47%), Sallèdes is above 77% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 61% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Adults with no qualification come to 19% in Sallèdes, about two in ten. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 19th 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.
Sallèdes and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sallèdes | 46 | 21% | 9.5% | 1.6% |
| Vic-le-Comte 5,396 · 4.8 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 2.5% | 4% |
| Billom 4,805 · 5.5 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.9% | 3.7% |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 3,826 · 7 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 8 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 8.1 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Le Cendre 5,415 · 8.5 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 Sallèdes
What is the population of Sallèdes?
560 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (585).
How old are Sallèdes’ residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sallèdes?
31, with occasional dwellings: 9.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sallèdes?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sallèdes?
€25,470 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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