Second homes: 22%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 15% of residents are 15 to 24 in Meymac. Census day 2023: 2,389 residents and 1,180 households in the town. About one in two: that is how common one-person households are in Meymac (47%). Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 20%, fewer than in two thirds 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 Meymac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 400 second homes and occasional dwellings in Meymac, 22% of its 1,810 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 230 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Meymac, 13% of homes stand empty, more than in 91% 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
Without a car: one household in nine, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. About one in eight: that is how common households without a car are in Meymac (12%).
Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 80% 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
The change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 77% of compared French towns: 27%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Meymac 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Meymac is 45, higher than in 57% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 85% of compared French towns: 17% of households are couples with children
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, 1.9 people share a household. 13% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 85% of compared French towns. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €22,860 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.
Living standards centre on €22,860 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 17.0% of residents.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 71% of compared French towns: 6.6%
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Meymac, 12%. Against that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Meymac (31%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Meymac sits above 61% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (5.6%)
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 higher than in 54% of compared French towns. 7.1% of residents are immigrants. As a yardstick, 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.
Married residents: 36%, a lower share than 88% 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
With single residents at 32%, Meymac is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 54% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 29% in Meymac. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,389 to 2,582 people, the 20th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 2 towns nearest Meymac, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Meymac
What is the population of Meymac?
2,389 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (2,449).
How old are Meymac’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Meymac?
400, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Meymac?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Meymac?
€22,860 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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