Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.3% of homes are flats
9.8% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Here, 6.5% of households are single parents. On residents aged 15 to 24, Journiac sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 7.3%. At the 2023 Census, 496 people lived here, in 220 households.
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 Journiac
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Journiac, 17% of its 310 homes: higher than in 92% 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 Journiac’s residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
17% of homes in Journiac are second homes
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, 7.8% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.9% of households have no car in Journiac.
A growing town: +12% since 2012, faster than 76% 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 −1% and the next six +14%.
Older than 89% of compared French towns: half of Journiac is over 52
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Journiac 52. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Journiac ranks below 75% of compared French towns on couples with children: 20%
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
In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Journiac, 30%. There are 2.2 people in the average household. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€23,630 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.
Half of Journiac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,630 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
30% of households are headed by a retired person, below 62% 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 just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. For Journiac, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 15%. To put it in context, 32% 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).
Journiac ranks above 75% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 8.2%
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 figure for immigrants is 9.6% in Journiac and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in just over two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 19% in Journiac, less than in 95% 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 figure for married residents is 47% in Journiac and 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 27%, a lower share than 59% 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 Journiac, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (496 to 2,582 people), the 9th 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).
Older than Journiac: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journiac | 52 | 25% | 17% | 9.6% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 4.2 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Lalinde 2,931 · 10.9 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 9.8% | 5.2% |
| Sanilhac 4,757 · 13.2 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.1% | 5.4% |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 4,361 · 14.4 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire 10,759 · 14.9 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 6.3% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 15.3 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
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 Journiac
What is the population of Journiac?
496 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (441).
How old are Journiac’s residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Journiac?
52, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Journiac?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.6% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (8.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Journiac?
€23,630 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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