36% of homes in Puy-d'Arnac are second homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Puy-d'Arnac was home to 296 people in 140 households. Roughly five in ten: 50% of households are headed by a retired person. Empty homes make up 3.8%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
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 Puy-d'Arnac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 85 second homes and occasional dwellings in Puy-d'Arnac, 36% of its 240 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Puy-d'Arnac’s residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Puy-d'Arnac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 2.1%
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
One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Locally, 7.8% of households have no car. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Puy-d'Arnac has grown +8%, faster than 64% 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: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Half of Puy-d'Arnac is over 51.4, older than 87% 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
■ Puy-d'Arnac 51.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 31% in Puy-d'Arnac and 22% in the typical compared French town. Here, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 67% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
By its share of single-parent households (11%), Puy-d'Arnac is above 62% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Across Puy-d'Arnac, 39% of households are one person living alone.
Half above, half below €24,380 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.
The median standard of living in Puy-d'Arnac is €24,380 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Puy-d'Arnac ranks below 72% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 11%
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 Puy-d'Arnac, 7.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Puy-d'Arnac sits above 70% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (7.1%)
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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 8.8% in Puy-d'Arnac. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 65% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Corrèze has 6.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 49% in Puy-d'Arnac, more than in 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
By its share of single residents (21%), Puy-d'Arnac is below 84% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 65% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 296 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.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Puy-d'Arnac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puy-d'Arnac | 51.4 | 31% | 36% | 8.8% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 9.2 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
| Cosnac 3,044 · 12.3 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 12.9 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Malemort 8,239 · 14 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3.4% | 6.5% |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 47,095 · 15.2 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Tulle 13,401 · 16.6 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 5.8% | 9.2% |
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 Puy-d'Arnac
What is the population of Puy-d'Arnac?
296 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (273).
How old are Puy-d'Arnac’s residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puy-d'Arnac?
85, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puy-d'Arnac?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.8% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puy-d'Arnac?
€24,380 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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