Celles ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 28%
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Celles has 0.4%. About one in 53: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Celles (1.9%). At 26%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 92% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 619 residents in 270 households.
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 Celles
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Celles, 28% of its 400 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 Celles’ residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Celles sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.8%)
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
With empty homes at 4.5%, Celles is behind just over four fifths of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%. 5.6% of households have no car, or about one in 18.
From 2012 to 2023, Celles outgrew 69% of compared French towns: +10%
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%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns: 7.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Celles 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
29% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. With a median age of 50.9, Celles is older than 86% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 64% of compared French towns: 22%
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
11% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. The average household has 2.3 people. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €24,670 a year to live on
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 €24,670 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 39%, a higher share than 80% 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 Celles, nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, nearly a third 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).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 67% of compared French towns: 6.5%
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 52% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 6.3% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 16.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 19%, a lower share than 94% 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 43% in the typical compared French town, 45% of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Celles ranks below 75% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 27% in Celles and 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 619 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Celles sits below 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celles | 50.9 | 29% | 28% | 6.3% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 4.6 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Astier 5,376 · 11.3 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 7% | 3.4% |
| Brantôme en Périgord 3,763 · 12.6 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 16% | 5.2% |
| Chancelade 4,468 · 13.2 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.4% |
| Neuvic 3,687 · 13.7 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 7.6% | 4.5% |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle 3,187 · 13.8 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 2.7% | 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 Celles
What is the population of Celles?
619 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (563).
How old are Celles’ residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Celles?
110, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Celles?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Celles?
€24,670 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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