Espagnac ranks above 96% of compared French towns on second homes: 40%
In Espagnac, 5.9% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. This Corrèze town had 381 residents in 190 households at the 2023 Census. For Espagnac, the census puts flats at 1.5%. Few places have so few empty homes: 3.6% here, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Corrèze 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 Espagnac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Espagnac, 40% of its 330 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Espagnac’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car make up 7.1% in Espagnac, less than in 73% 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
Turnover: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more. At 8.1%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Espagnac grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 76% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Corrèze town −1%.
Half of Espagnac is over 51.8, older than 88% 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
■ Espagnac 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
14% of households are single parents, a share 89% 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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Espagnac. Meanwhile, more couples with children than in 57% of compared French towns: 27%. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
The median resident lives on €23,500 a year per consumption unit
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 €23,500 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Espagnac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 2.6%
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 retired person make up 41%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 81% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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 Corrèze has 6.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Census figures put foreign nationals at 2.1% in Espagnac.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Espagnac
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
Married people make up 45% and PACS partners 6.9%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 8.8% are widowed. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Espagnac ranks below 56% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 28%
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
For Espagnac, the census puts adults with no qualification at 20%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 381 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 5 towns around Espagnac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Espagnac | 51.8 | 30% | 40% | 3.1% |
| Tulle 13,401 · 7 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 5.8% | 9.2% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 9.5 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
| Égletons 4,341 · 13.9 mi | 38 | 23% | 7.9% | 12% |
| Malemort 8,239 · 16.3 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3.4% | 6.5% |
| Cosnac 3,044 · 16.9 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
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 Espagnac
What is the population of Espagnac?
381 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (338).
How old are Espagnac’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Espagnac?
130, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Espagnac?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Espagnac?
€23,500 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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