Below 96% of compared French towns: 3.7% of households have no car
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Fraisse had 171 residents in 83 households at the 2023 census. Households headed by a manual worker: nearly a fifth of the total. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Fraisse comes in at 38%.
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 Fraisse
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fraisse, 13% of its 100 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% of compared French towns
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
Of all households, 17% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 7.3%.
From 2012 to 2023, Fraisse outgrew 73% of compared French towns: +11%
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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Dordogne town −1%.
A median age of 48.8: Fraisse is older than 78% 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
■ Fraisse 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in ten here (10%).
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Fraisse, 13% of households are single parents, more than in 83% 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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Couples with children are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Half above, half below €24,270 a year in 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.
Living standards centre on €24,270 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Fraisse ranks above 76% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 38%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 6.3%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Fraisse 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.
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 41%, a lower share than 61% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Fraisse comes in at 24%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 79% 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
On the census count, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (171 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
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).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Fraisse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraisse | 48.8 | 21% | 13% | 0% |
| La Force 2,702 · 5.2 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 6.8 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
| Mussidan 2,771 · 7.5 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 3.9% | 5.1% |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande 2,507 · 7.6 mi | 46.9 | 31% | 2.7% | 21% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 7.6 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt 2,520 · 7.7 mi | 55.2 | 36% | 5.9% | 8.9% |
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 Fraisse
What is the population of Fraisse?
171 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (154).
How old are Fraisse’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fraisse?
14, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fraisse?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fraisse?
€24,270 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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