A median age of 61.2: Eymet is older than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Eymet has 45%. This Dordogne town counted 2,569 residents and 1,330 households at the 2023 Census. About one in eight: that is how common couples with children are in Eymet (13%).
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 Eymet
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 260 second homes and occasional dwellings in Eymet, 14% of its 1,790 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 87% 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 Eymet’s residents are under 61.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 500 immigrants in Eymet (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 19% of residents, against 5.4% for the median compared commune in Dordogne. 17% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 200 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Eymet ranks above 91% of compared French towns on second homes: 14%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Eymet has 5.4%. Put another way, about one in nine: just over one in ten homes stand empty. Flats are rarer here than in 85% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 77% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Dordogne.
42% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Eymet 61.2. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (5.5%), Eymet is below 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
7.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 89% 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
The share of one-person households is 42%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.9 people. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
€23,200 a year: the median standard of living
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.
The median standard of living in Eymet is €23,200 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 21.0% of residents are below the line.
Only 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Eymet
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
The census found that 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in Eymet. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 91% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 higher than in 91% of compared French towns. Across Eymet, 17% of residents are foreign nationals. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Eymet sits below 91% of compared French towns for single residents (20%)
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
Married residents: 45% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
More adults with no qualification than 79% of compared French towns: 25%
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 24% in Eymet and 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 2,540 to 2,600 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Eymet the oldest (61.2).
Every neighbor is younger than Eymet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eymet | 61.2 | 42% | 14% | 19% |
| Miramont-de-Guyenne 3,081 · 5.3 mi | 57.6 | 40% | 9.9% | 9.7% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 11.6 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| Bergerac 27,110 · 13.4 mi | 52.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 9.1% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 13.5 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
| La Force 2,702 · 14.1 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
| Pineuilh 4,490 · 14.1 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 3.2% | 9% |
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 Eymet
What is the population of Eymet?
2,569 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (2,616).
How old are Eymet’s residents?
The median age is 61.2, older than 99% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Eymet?
260, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Eymet?
INSEE counts 480 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 19% of residents, and 440 foreign nationals (17%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Eymet?
€23,200 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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