Hautefage is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.6
By its share of flats (3%), Hautefage is below 98% of compared French towns. Fewer single-parent households than in 93% of compared French towns: 6.5%. The town had 313 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census. Households headed by a retired person account for 43%.
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 Hautefage
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 81 second homes and occasional dwellings in Hautefage, 32% of its 260 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Hautefage’s residents are under 55.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Hautefage sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (32%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Hautefage has 1.3%. By contrast, at 10%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 79% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 5.9%.
±0% since 2012: slower than 68% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Corrèze town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
In Hautefage, 31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 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
■ Hautefage 55.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Hautefage comes in at 8.7%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Hautefage ranks below 61% of compared French towns on couples with children: 23%
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
The average household has 2.1 people. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 35%.
€23,760 a year: the median standard of living
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 €23,760 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
9.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 52% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, nearly one in ten 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).
Below 63% of compared French towns: 5.1% 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.
On the census count, 4% of residents are foreign nationals. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 49% of residents 15 and over are married
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Hautefage. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Hautefage, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 62% 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
About one in six: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Hautefage (18%). Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 313 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
1 of 3 neighbors are older than Hautefage
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hautefage | 55.6 | 31% | 32% | 5.1% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 2.3 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
| Tulle 13,401 · 16.3 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 5.8% | 9.2% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 16.5 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 Hautefage
What is the population of Hautefage?
313 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (312).
How old are Hautefage’s residents?
The median age is 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hautefage?
81, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hautefage?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hautefage?
€23,760 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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