Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Ajat is over 55.5
Households without a car: 2.6%, below 99% of compared French towns. Ajat had 307 residents in 160 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the town. Fewer empty homes than in 97% of compared French towns: 2.7%.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Ajat
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 96 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ajat, 37% of its 260 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Ajat’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ajat had 341 residents at the 2012 census and 307 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
37% of homes are second homes, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 17%. Few places have so few flats: 2.3% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
−10% since 2012: slower than 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Dordogne town, the change came in two steps: −7% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Ajat ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ajat 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (32%), Ajat is above 90% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Ajat ranks above 72% of compared French towns on one-person households: 41%
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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. At 22%, the share of couples with children is lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,820 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 €24,820 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
In Ajat, 41% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 85% 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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Ajat, 12%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against 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).
8.1% of residents are immigrants, more than in 61% 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.
Foreign nationals: 5.5% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in just over three fifths 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.
Married residents: 50%, a higher share than 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 21% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns, at 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
16% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 307 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).
Ajat sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajat | 55.5 | 32% | 37% | 8.1% |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 4,361 · 8 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 9.1 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire 10,759 · 12.8 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 6.3% |
| Trélissac 7,372 · 13 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.6% | 4.7% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 13.4 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Sanilhac 4,757 · 14.5 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.1% | 5.4% |
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 Ajat
What is the population of Ajat?
307 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (341).
How old are Ajat’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ajat?
96, with occasional dwellings: 37% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ajat?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ajat?
€24,820 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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