A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 32%
By its share of households without a car (2%), Issac is below 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 437 residents here, living in 200 households. Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.8% of the total. 49% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 97% of compared French towns.
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 Issac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Issac, 32% of its 320 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
1.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 22%. 1% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 5.7%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Issac’s population changed by +11% since 2012, more than in 72% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +13%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Dordogne town −1%.
Older than 83% of compared French towns: half of Issac is over 49.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Issac 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 30% in Issac and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 2.6%, a lower share than 99% 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 average household has 2.2 people. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. There is little gap on couples with children: 25%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €24,480 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.
The median standard of living in Issac is €24,480 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
5.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 84% 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
Here, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. The usual figure: 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).
Issac: 8.6% of residents are foreign nationals, above 77% of compared French towns
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Issac, 9.3%. That is higher than in 67% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Single residents: 15%, a lower share than 99% 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
The share of married residents is 54%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Issac, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 68% 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
Graduates of higher education: 35% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 437 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Issac, 5 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issac | 49.8 | 30% | 32% | 9.3% |
| Mussidan 2,771 · 4.4 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 3.9% | 5.1% |
| Neuvic 3,687 · 5.5 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 7.6% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Astier 5,376 · 9.6 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 7% | 3.4% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 10.6 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
| La Force 2,702 · 10.7 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
| Bergerac 27,110 · 11.3 mi | 52.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 9.1% |
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 Issac
What is the population of Issac?
437 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (395).
How old are Issac’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 83% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Issac?
100, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Issac?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.3% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (8.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Issac?
€24,480 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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