A median age of 56.7: Singles is older than 96% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Singles had 171 residents in 92 households at the 2023 census. Across Singles, 6.2% of homes are flats. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; here, 20%.
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 Singles
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Singles, 49% of its 220 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Singles’ residents are under 56.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 49% of homes are second homes
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
Car-free households: one in eight, where the median compared French town has 11%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, one in ten homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower growth than 57% of compared French towns: Singles 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 38%, a higher share than 97% 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
■ Singles 56.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Singles, 6% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Singles sits above 86% of compared French towns for one-person households (46%)
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 average household has 1.9 people. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €23,250 a year in standard of living
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 Singles’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,250 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns: 49%
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
3.6% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Against that, 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).
5.9% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 64% 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.
Locally, 5.7% of residents are immigrants. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Singles ranks below 71% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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
For Singles, the census puts married residents at 44%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Singles, 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 91% 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
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 20%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Singles and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | 56.7 | 38% | 49% | 5.7% |
| Ussel 9,187 · 11.8 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 4.5% | 10% |
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 Singles
What is the population of Singles?
171 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (166).
How old are Singles’ residents?
The median age is 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Singles?
110, with occasional dwellings: 49% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Singles?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Singles?
€23,250 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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