People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,354/m² costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Fénelon. Where it falls short is walkability: nearly a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Nearly a quarter of its homes are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Carsac-Aillac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Carsac-Aillac with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Carsac-Aillac.
Who lives here
Carsac-Aillac skews older, with 36% of residents 65 or over, more than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns
7.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Dordogne’s towns (9%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 12% of residents. Residents of Carsac-Aillac have a median age of 56.4.
56.4median age
Carsac-AillacDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B
On foot, Carsac-Aillac works less well than 88% of compared French towns
Unemployment stood at 9.9%, below Dordogne’s towns (12.2%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). Carsac-Aillac holds 650 jobs; 600 of its residents are in work, so 1.1 jobs each. After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,880 a year per consumption unit.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
650
jobs based in Carsac-Aillac, 1.1 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,880
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 12% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, Carsac-Aillac sees fewer deaths than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 72 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Carsac-Aillac. Life expectancy at birth in Dordogne is 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 315 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 337, 7% more.
−28%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted72
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Carsac-Aillac · 4.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Sarlat
25.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Dubois Brive
85.2 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Dordogne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Carsac-Aillac is rich in protected monuments: 44 per 10,000 residents, more than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Carsac-Aillac is Gisement préhistorique du Pech de l'Azé. The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments locally: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
For cost of living, Carsac-Aillac gets a B−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
65 sales of houses and apartments in Carsac-Aillac, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,354/m². The estimated advertised rent is €9.90/m² a month, near Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.58/m² a month.
€2,354/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Carsac-Aillac€2,354/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,354/m²
65
€9.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.13 to €12.07/m² a month)
6.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,670
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Fénelon
Gisement préhistorique du Pech de l'Azé: Photo: Ryan Somma from Occoquan, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Château de Lascours: Photo: Michel Chanaud · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre Dame de l'Assomption d'Aillac: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Carsac-Aillac
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Carsac-Aillac yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Carsac-Aillac
Is Carsac-Aillac safe?
Carsac-Aillac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Carsac-Aillac expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,354/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Carsac-Aillac grades B− for cost of living.
About Carsac-Aillac
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Carsac-Aillac is a commune of 1,586 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Fénelon. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
