More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 26%
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 32%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 214 residents in Saillac, living in 96 households. Locally, 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Saillac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 41 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saillac, 26% of its 160 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Saillac’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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
The share of households without a car trails 93% of compared French towns: 4.2%. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The census found that 14% of homes stand empty in Saillac.
Faster growth than 57% of compared French towns: Saillac changed by +6% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Corrèze town −1%. The change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
Saillac is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saillac 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, above 77% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 91% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Saillac sits higher than 56% of compared French towns: 26%. Here just over one in ten households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%.
A typical living standard of €28,830 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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,830 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Saillac: 37% of households are headed by a retired person, above 73% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 1.4%, a lower share than 88% 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.
The figure for immigrants is 3.3% in Saillac and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Corrèze has 6.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Single residents make up 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 76% 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
With graduates of higher education at 34%, Saillac is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 214 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saillac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saillac | 52.5 | 27% | 26% | 3.3% |
| Cosnac 3,044 · 7.4 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Malemort 8,239 · 9.7 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3.4% | 6.5% |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 47,095 · 10 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Ussac 4,322 · 12 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 12.1 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 12.8 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
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 Saillac
What is the population of Saillac?
214 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (201).
How old are Saillac’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saillac?
41, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saillac?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saillac?
€28,830 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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