Uzerche sits above 99% of compared French towns for empty homes (20%)
16% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). On second homes, Uzerche sits higher than 88% of compared French towns: 9.9%. At the 2023 Census, 2,814 people lived in the town, in 1,150 households. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 10%.
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 Uzerche
Empty homes
The census found 320 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Uzerche’s households are one person: higher than in 91% of compared French towns; 35% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Uzerche had 2,958 residents at the 2012 census and 2,814 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Uzerche has changed by −5%, slower than 88% 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
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 61% of compared French towns, at 24%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Uzerche 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 11%. The median age in Uzerche is 44.3, higher than in just over half of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
About 71 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Uzerche ranks above 91% of compared French towns on one-person households: 48%
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
Nearly one in ten households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Households without a car: 14%, a higher share than 64% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 12%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 19%. The usual figure: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 13% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 52% of compared French towns. The share of flats trails 51% of compared French towns: 29%.
A typical living standard of €23,590 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 median standard of living in Uzerche is €23,590 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 76% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 17.0% of residents.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 70% 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
7% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.6% of Uzerche’s residents are immigrants
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 58% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 18 here (5.6%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 31% of residents 15 and over are married in Uzerche
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 33%, Uzerche is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 31% in Uzerche, more than in 93% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (23%), Uzerche is below nearly three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
14th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,784 to 2,844
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Miremont is the youngest (37.7); Vendays-Montalivet the oldest (59).
No nearby town is as young as Uzerche
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 Uzerche
What is the population of Uzerche?
2,814 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (2,958).
How old are Uzerche’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 51% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Uzerche?
160, with occasional dwellings: 9.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Uzerche?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Uzerche?
€23,590 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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