Half of Fursac is over 57.8, older than 97% of compared French towns
The figure for flats is 2.5% in Fursac and 30% in the typical compared French town. 1,430 residents in 680 households: that is Fursac at the 2023 Census. In Fursac, 53% of households are headed by a retired person. Few places have so few households in social housing: 1.6% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Fursac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 250 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fursac, 23% of its 1,080 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Fursac’s residents are under 57.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fursac had 1,587 residents at the 2012 census and 1,430 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 150 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.
23% of homes in Fursac 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
Without a car: one household in 10, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. On the census count, 14% of homes stand empty. Households without a car are rarer here than in 52% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −10% since 2012, behind 97% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Creuse town −5%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 37% in Fursac, more than in 96% 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
■ Fursac 57.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Fursac has 6.8%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns: 5.9%
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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Fursac, 37% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in five: 21% of households are couples with children. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A median of €23,950 a year per consumption unit
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 €23,950 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Only 2.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Fursac
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 manual worker: 12% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.1% in Fursac, less than in 73% 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 census found that 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Fursac. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 90% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Fursac has 48%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 90% 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
28% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 1,430 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th oldest
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.
No nearby town is as old as Fursac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fursac | 57.8 | 37% | 23% | 4.1% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 6.2 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
| Bessines-sur-Gartempe 2,709 · 7.7 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 8.6% | 3.7% |
| Ambazac 5,556 · 14.7 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 4.8% | 2.1% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 17.4 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
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 Fursac
What is the population of Fursac?
1,430 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (1,587).
How old are Fursac’s residents?
The median age is 57.8, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fursac?
250, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fursac?
INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 51 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fursac?
€23,950 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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