Flats: 2.7%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The median age in Usson is 50.3, higher than in 84% of compared French towns. 286 residents in 130 households: that is Usson at the 2023 Census. Across Usson, 4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Usson has 3.9%.
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 Usson
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Usson, 20% of its 180 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Usson ranks above 93% of compared French towns on second homes: 20%
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
2.9% of households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.6% of households have no car in Usson.
A +7% change since 2012: Usson grew faster than 60% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Puy-de-Dôme.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 67% of compared French towns: 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Usson 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.3% in Usson and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Only 31% of households are one person living alone in Usson
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 typical household size is 2.1 people. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. For Usson, the census puts couples with children at 25%.
At the median, €28,630 a year to live on
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 €28,630 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Above 82% of compared French towns: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Here 36% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Usson
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Usson, 2.3%. For foreign nationals, the comparison 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 89% 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 98% 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 figure for married residents is 45% in Usson and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 9.6%, a lower share than 96% 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
44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 286 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
Around Usson, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usson | 50.3 | 25% | 20% | 2.3% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 4.8 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
| Brassac-les-Mines 3,412 · 7.7 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
| Sainte-Florine 3,283 · 8.7 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Vic-le-Comte 5,396 · 9.9 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 2.5% | 4% |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 3,826 · 12.9 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 13.2 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 Usson
What is the population of Usson?
286 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (267).
How old are Usson’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Usson?
36, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Usson?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Usson?
€28,630 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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