Half of Carlux is over 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 4.6%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Carlux was home to 671 people in 340 households. Census figures put flats at 5.8% locally. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns.
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 Carlux
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Carlux, 29% of its 550 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Carlux’s residents are under 56.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 29% of its 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 12, against 11% in the median compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in 72% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households have no car.
A +6% change since 2012: Carlux grew faster than 54% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Dordogne town −1%.
7.2% of residents are 15 to 24, below 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
■ Carlux 56.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 34%, above 93% 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 an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Carlux sits below 73% of compared French towns for single-parent households (8.5%)
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
The average household has 2 people. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 62% of compared French towns. By contrast, the share of one-person households is 36%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,590 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.
At €24,590 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
In Carlux, 51% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 98% 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 Carlux, 9.7% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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).
7.5% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 72% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Nearly one in ten residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 61% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Carlux
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
The share of married residents tops 62% of compared French towns: 45%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Carlux ranks below 65% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 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
With adults with no qualification at 16%, Carlux is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 671 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Carlux sits below 1 of its 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlux | 56.7 | 34% | 29% | 8.1% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 5.7 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 6.8 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 10.4 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 15.6 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 17.2 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
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 Carlux
What is the population of Carlux?
671 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (635).
How old are Carlux’s residents?
The median age is 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carlux?
160, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carlux?
INSEE counts 54 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (7.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carlux?
€24,590 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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