Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Jayac is over 54.5
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 0.7% of homes are flats in Jayac. Here, 5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Jayac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Jayac, 27% of its 150 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Jayac’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
27% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.3% of households have no car here. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: a tenth of the total.
Growth of +6% since 2012 puts Jayac ahead of 53% 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
Over those years, the median Dordogne town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −3%, then +9% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Jayac 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 37% in Jayac, more than in 58% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households here average 2 people each. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 26% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €21,460 a year
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €21,460 a year: lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Jayac: 47% of households are headed by a retired person, above 95% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (16%), Jayac is above 62% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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).
Below 66% of compared French towns: 4.8% 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.
The median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 66% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 21 here (4.8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 98% 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
Married residents: 50% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
25% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 76% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Jayac has 25%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 191 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.
Jayac sits below 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayac | 54.5 | 30% | 27% | 4.8% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 7.6 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 9.3 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 9.5 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 10.8 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 11.5 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 47,095 · 12.5 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.5% | 11% |
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 Jayac
What is the population of Jayac?
191 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (181).
How old are Jayac’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jayac?
40, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jayac?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jayac?
€21,460 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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