Older than 94% of compared French towns: half of Salvagnac-Cajarc is over 55.3
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put empty homes at 0.3% in Salvagnac-Cajarc. This Aveyron town is home to 372 residents in 200 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of flats trails 98% of compared French towns: 3.5%.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Salvagnac-Cajarc
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Salvagnac-Cajarc, 39% of its 320 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Salvagnac-Cajarc’s residents are under 55.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 39% in Salvagnac-Cajarc, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 4.1% in Salvagnac-Cajarc. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Salvagnac-Cajarc’s population moved +4% on 2012, less than in 55% 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
In two steps, +5% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Aveyron.
Salvagnac-Cajarc ranks above 95% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 36%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Salvagnac-Cajarc 55.3. The median compared French town: 44.
8.1% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 13%, a lower share than 96% of compared French towns
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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
Two in five households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). On average, 1.9 people share a household. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €23,400 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,400 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Salvagnac-Cajarc: 41% of households are headed by a retired person, above 87% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (7.1%), Salvagnac-Cajarc is below two thirds of compared French towns. Fewer households headed by a manual worker than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 9.5%. To put it in context, 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).
4.7% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 54% 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.
On the census count, 7% of residents are immigrants. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 78% 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
By its share of single residents (24%), Salvagnac-Cajarc is below 64% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 27%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (372 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Salvagnac-Cajarc
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvagnac-Cajarc | 55.3 | 36% | 39% | 7% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 11 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 12.9 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 13 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
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 Salvagnac-Cajarc
What is the population of Salvagnac-Cajarc?
372 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (359).
How old are Salvagnac-Cajarc’s residents?
The median age is 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salvagnac-Cajarc?
130, with occasional dwellings: 39% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salvagnac-Cajarc?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salvagnac-Cajarc?
€23,400 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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