Meyssac is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.4
Half of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Meyssac counted 1,310 residents and 620 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children make up about one in six here (18%). At 6.1%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 81% 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 Meyssac
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Meyssac, 16% of its 830 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Meyssac’s residents are under 57.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 16% of homes 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 9.1% in Meyssac. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Meyssac, the census puts flats at 19%.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Meyssac behind 57% 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 population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Corrèze town −1%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 38%, a higher share than 97% 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
■ Meyssac 57.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 97% of compared French towns: 7.1%. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 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.
Meyssac: 41% of households are one person living alone, above 73% of compared French towns
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 typical household size is 1.9 people. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 9.6% of households are single parents.
Median standard of living: €25,110 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,110 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Meyssac sits below 97% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (4.8%)
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Meyssac. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.5% of residents are immigrants, below 77% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Meyssac. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, 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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Meyssac. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Meyssac: 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 65% 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 make up about one in three here (30%). The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,310 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Meyssac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyssac | 57.4 | 38% | 16% | 3.5% |
| Cosnac 3,044 · 7.4 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Malemort 8,239 · 9.5 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3.4% | 6.5% |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 47,095 · 10.3 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Ussac 4,322 · 12.2 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 13 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 13 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
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 Meyssac
What is the population of Meyssac?
1,310 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,272).
How old are Meyssac’s residents?
The median age is 57.4, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Meyssac?
130, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Meyssac?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Meyssac?
€25,110 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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