Flats: 1.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The median age in Le Fleix is 50.6, higher than in 85% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,488, in 690 households. Second homes: 7.4% of the total. Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 41% in the town.
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 Le Fleix
Empty homes
The census found 100 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.
+2% since 2012: slower than 62% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Dordogne town −1%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 86% of compared French towns, at 30%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Fleix 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Only 21% of households are couples with children in Le Fleix
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
33% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Here, 8.2% of households are single parents. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 12% in Le Fleix, more than in 88% 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
In Le Fleix, 5.9% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €23,770 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 €23,770 a year: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 90% of compared French towns, at 4.4%
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
Put another way, about one in eight: 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Set beside that, 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).
6.3% of Le Fleix’s 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.3% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
By its share of married residents (46%), Le Fleix is above 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Le Fleix sits below 74% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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
Compared with other places, adults with no qualification are common here: 20%, more than in 57% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,488 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Le Fleix
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Fleix | 50.6 | 30% | 7.4% | 6.3% |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande 2,507 · 3.2 mi | 46.9 | 31% | 2.7% | 21% |
| Pineuilh 4,490 · 3.3 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 3.2% | 9% |
| Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt 2,520 · 3.4 mi | 55.2 | 36% | 5.9% | 8.9% |
| La Force 2,702 · 5.6 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 6.9 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 7.4 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
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 Le Fleix
What is the population of Le Fleix?
1,488 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,461).
How old are Le Fleix’s residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Fleix?
63, with occasional dwellings: 7.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Fleix?
INSEE counts 94 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 69 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Fleix?
€23,770 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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