A median age of 58.7: Lalinde is older than 97% of compared French towns
With households headed by a manager or professional at 2%, Lalinde is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. The town had 2,931 residents in 1,500 households at the 2023 census. 6% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 17. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 9.8%, more than in 88% 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 Lalinde
An older town
Half of Lalinde’s residents are under 58.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 230 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lalinde changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 73% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Dordogne town −1%.
39% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% 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
■ Lalinde 58.7. The median compared French town: 44.
7.6% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
15% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 91% 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
Households here average 1.9 people each. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the same time, the share of one-person households tops just over three quarters of compared French towns: 42%.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 12% of homes stand empty
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
Households without a car: 13%, above 62% of compared French towns. Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 21% have been in their home 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 81% of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,040 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.
At €24,040 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 71% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 17.0%.
Households headed by a retired person make up 48% in Lalinde, more than in 96% 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
Households headed by a manual worker account for 15%. 2% of Lalinde’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 48% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 61% of compared French towns, at 5.2%
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.
Across Lalinde, 4.4% of residents are foreign nationals. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Lalinde
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 tops 83% of compared French towns: 48%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Lalinde ranks below 83% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 21%
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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 2,906 to 2,960 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.
Avord is the youngest (32.5); Lalinde the oldest (58.7).
1 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Lalinde
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lalinde | 58.7 | 39% | 9.8% | 5.2% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 10.6 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Bergerac 27,110 · 12.7 mi | 52.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 9.1% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 16.3 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 17.3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
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 Lalinde
What is the population of Lalinde?
2,931 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,953).
How old are Lalinde’s residents?
The median age is 58.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lalinde?
190, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lalinde?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lalinde?
€24,040 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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