One-person households: 21%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM); in Lacropte, 3.5%. This Dordogne town had 699 residents in 290 households at the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 6.2%. On second homes, Lacropte sits higher than 86% of compared French towns: 8.5%.
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 Lacropte
Empty homes
The census found 49 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +8% change since 2012: Lacropte grew faster than 64% 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 +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Dordogne town −1%.
A median age of 45.3: Lacropte is older than 59% 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
■ Lacropte 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
A fifth of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.8%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 1.8% of households are single parents in Lacropte
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
Households average 2.4 people. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Lacropte has more couples with children than 77% of compared French towns, at 30%.
More empty homes than 91% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.9% of households have no car in Lacropte. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more.
Half above, half below €23,390 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,390 a year: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
In Lacropte, 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 67% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Lacropte has 30%. Set beside that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. For Lacropte, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lacropte sits above 84% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (11%)
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 make up a share higher than in 70% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Census figures put immigrants at 10% in Lacropte.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lacropte ranks below 90% of compared French towns on 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
With married residents at 46%, Lacropte is ahead of 74% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 90% 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
29% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
41 French towns of 699 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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).
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Lacropte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacropte | 45.3 | 20% | 8.5% | 10% |
| Sanilhac 4,757 · 7 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.1% | 5.4% |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire 10,759 · 8.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 6.3% |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 4,361 · 8.8 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 10.6 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Trélissac 7,372 · 10.8 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.6% | 4.7% |
| Périgueux 29,055 · 11 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 5.4% | 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 Lacropte
What is the population of Lacropte?
699 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (646).
How old are Lacropte’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lacropte?
31, with occasional dwellings: 8.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lacropte?
INSEE counts 70 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 75 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lacropte?
€23,390 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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