A larger share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 35%
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Cladech’s population at 86, in 46 households. Locally, 1.3% of homes are flats. In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Cladech has 6.9%.
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 Cladech
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cladech, 35% of its 76 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cladech had 93 residents at the 2012 census and 86 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Cladech’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 93% of compared French towns: 4.3%
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
Empty homes: 4% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Add to that, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%.
−8% since 2012: slower than 94% 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
The median Dordogne town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +13% and the next six −18%.
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Cladech is over 52.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cladech 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
34% of Cladech’s residents are 65 or older, against 33% in the median Dordogne town and 22% in the median compared French town; 11% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
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
The typical household size is 1.9 people. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Here, 33% of households are one person living alone. At 11%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
33% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Higher than in 55% of compared French towns: 33% of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 67% of compared French towns: 4.6% of residents are immigrants
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 make up about one in 22 here (4.6%). For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 20%, a lower 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
By its share of married residents (48%), Cladech is above 84% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 21%, a lower share than 83% 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 59% of compared French towns: 21%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 86 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.
Every neighbor is older than Cladech
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cladech | 52.5 | 34% | 35% | 4.6% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 9 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 10.2 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 15.8 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Lalinde 2,931 · 16.6 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 9.8% | 5.2% |
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 Cladech
What is the population of Cladech?
86 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (93).
How old are Cladech’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cladech?
27, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cladech?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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