3.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Half of Quézac’s residents are over 49.2, older than in four fifths of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 344 residents in the town, living in 140 households. Across Quézac, 7.1% of households are single parents. Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 2.9% of households rent social housing (HLM) here.
Throughout this page, the Cantal 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 Quézac
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Quézac, 14% of its 180 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
14% of homes in Quézac 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
Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 7.1% here, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes.
Quézac grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 70% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +9%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Cantal town −3%.
In Quézac, 28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 80% 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
■ Quézac 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
For Quézac, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 25% of households are one person living alone in Quézac
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 Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. On couples with children, Quézac sits lower than 51% of compared French towns: 25%.
Median living standard: €24,940 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 median standard of living in Quézac is €24,940 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Quézac ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 3.6%
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 manual worker: 7.1% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional 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 immigrants, below 67% 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.
The median compared commune in Cantal has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 67% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. For Quézac, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
32% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 84% 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
For Quézac, the census puts married residents at 42%. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Quézac, 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (22%), Quézac is above two thirds of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 344 to 2,582 people, 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.
Quézac and its 6 nearest towns: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quézac | 49.2 | 28% | 14% | 4.7% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 12.4 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 13.6 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 13.7 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 14.3 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 15.5 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 16 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
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 Quézac
What is the population of Quézac?
344 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (312).
How old are Quézac’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Quézac?
25, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Quézac?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Quézac?
€24,940 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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