22% of homes in Bayac are second homes
Households without a car make up 3.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 30: 3.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 93% of compared French towns: 8%. Bayac is home to 355 residents in 160 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Bayac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 50 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bayac, 22% of its 230 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 3.4% of homes are flats
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
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 6.2% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. Long tenure is the mark of 25% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.7% (under two years).
Slower growth than 64% of compared French towns: Bayac changed by +1% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Dordogne.
Half of Bayac is over 48.3, older than 76% 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
■ Bayac 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are single parents, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Bayac sits lower than just over three quarters of compared French towns: 20%. Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Bayac has 29%.
Median living standard: €24,680 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 Bayac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,680 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 retired person account for 32%. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker 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 5.7% of Bayac’s residents
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 Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 18 here (5.7%). At 4.9%, foreign nationals sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bayac sits below 70% of compared French towns for single residents (23%)
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 67% 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
In Bayac, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 355 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Bayac is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayac | 48.3 | 24% | 22% | 5.7% |
| Lalinde 2,931 · 2.7 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 9.8% | 5.2% |
| Bergerac 27,110 · 12.3 mi | 52.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 9.1% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 12.7 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 16 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 16.6 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| La Force 2,702 · 17.9 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
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 Bayac
What is the population of Bayac?
355 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (350).
How old are Bayac’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bayac?
50, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bayac?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bayac?
€24,680 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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