40% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Ternant-les-Eaux comes in at 3.4%. Census day 2023: 59 residents and 26 households in the town. Flats make up about one in 38 here (2.6%). A fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 83% of compared French towns.
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 Ternant-les-Eaux
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ternant-les-Eaux, 28% of its 39 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 29% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Ternant-les-Eaux had 41 residents at the 2012 census and 59 in 2023, up 44%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 28%
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 13, where the median compared French town has 11%. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Ternant-les-Eaux, the census puts households without a car at 7.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Faster growth than 99% of compared French towns: Ternant-les-Eaux changed by +44% 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
Here the change came as −10% to 2017, then +59% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Puy-de-Dôme.
A median age of 40.8: Ternant-les-Eaux is younger than 75% 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
■ Ternant-les-Eaux 40.8. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (20%), Ternant-les-Eaux is below 62% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
40% of households are one person living alone, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Ternant-les-Eaux sits above 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (40%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ternant-les-Eaux: 0% of residents are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% 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.
Ternant-les-Eaux ranks below 83% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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 census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Ternant-les-Eaux. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 15%, a lower share than 97% 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
Adults with no qualification: 7.7%, below 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 59 to 2,582 people
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).
No nearby town is as young as Ternant-les-Eaux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ternant-les-Eaux | 40.8 | 20% | 28% | 0% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 7 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
| Brassac-les-Mines 3,412 · 10.3 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
| Sainte-Florine 3,283 · 10.3 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Vic-le-Comte 5,396 · 12.6 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 2.5% | 4% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 13.6 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 3,826 · 14.5 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
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 Ternant-les-Eaux
What is the population of Ternant-les-Eaux?
59 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 44% more than in 2012 (41).
How old are Ternant-les-Eaux’s residents?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 32% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ternant-les-Eaux?
11, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ternant-les-Eaux?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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