La Roche-Canillac is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 62.7
The share of couples with children is 6.3%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 126 residents and 75 households in La Roche-Canillac. 50% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in two. Lower than in 95% of compared French towns: 5.5% of homes are flats.
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 La Roche-Canillac
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Roche-Canillac, 56% of its 200 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 95% 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 La Roche-Canillac’s residents are under 62.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Roche-Canillac had 151 residents at the 2012 census and 126 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 56%, a higher share than 98% 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
Car-free households: one in eight, where the median compared French town has 11%. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Nearly a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.2% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: La Roche-Canillac changed by −17% since 2012
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
The change was −6% from 2012 to 2017 and −11% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Corrèze town −1%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 43% in La Roche-Canillac, more than in 98% 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
■ La Roche-Canillac 62.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, La Roche-Canillac has 1.6%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of single-parent households than 95% of compared French towns, at 6.3%
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
On average, 1.7 people share a household. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 44%.
Half above, half below €22,210 a year in 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,210 a year: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 79% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in La Roche-Canillac comes in at 12%. The usual figure: 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).
La Roche-Canillac sits below 74% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.9%)
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 nearly three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals account for 3.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 95% of compared French towns: 19%
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in La Roche-Canillac, 49%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 10%, a lower share than 95% 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
Graduates of higher education: 35%, above just over two thirds of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 126 to 2,582 people
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 La Roche-Canillac (62.7), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than La Roche-Canillac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Roche-Canillac | 62.7 | 43% | 56% | 3.9% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 7 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
| Tulle 13,401 · 11.1 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 5.8% | 9.2% |
| Égletons 4,341 · 14.9 mi | 38 | 23% | 7.9% | 12% |
| Mauriac 3,449 · 17.7 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.1% | 3.1% |
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 La Roche-Canillac
What is the population of La Roche-Canillac?
126 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (151).
How old are La Roche-Canillac’s residents?
The median age is 62.7, older than 99% of compared French towns. 7.1% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Roche-Canillac?
110, with occasional dwellings: 56% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Roche-Canillac?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Roche-Canillac?
€22,210 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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