Older than 92% of compared French towns: half of Mayac is over 53.5
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 3.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Flats make up about one in 100 here (1%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Mayac is home to 325 residents in 150 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Mayac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 43 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mayac, 21% of its 210 homes: higher than in 93% 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 Mayac’s residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car: 2.8%, a lower share than 99% 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 the last two years, 7.6% of households moved in; at the other end, 17% have stayed 30 years or more. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. Few places have as many second homes: 21% here, more than in 93% of compared French towns. Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Mayac comes in at 10%.
Mayac grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 56% 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
In two steps, +12% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Dordogne.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 7.8% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mayac 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Mayac, 29% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
3.6% of households are single parents, below 99% 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
29% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average. One-person households are rarer here than in 83% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,040 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,040 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Above 81% of compared French towns: 39% of households are headed by a retired person
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Mayac. Elsewhere, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 93% of compared French towns: 1.9%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.5% in Mayac. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 87% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
48% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 17% in Mayac and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (325 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Mayac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayac | 53.5 | 29% | 21% | 1.9% |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 4,361 · 8.7 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Thiviers 2,876 · 9.4 mi | 54.3 | 35% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
| Trélissac 7,372 · 10.6 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.6% | 4.7% |
| Champcevinel 3,126 · 11.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire 10,759 · 12.3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 6.3% |
| Périgueux 29,055 · 13 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 Mayac
What is the population of Mayac?
325 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (306).
How old are Mayac’s residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 92% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mayac?
43, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mayac?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mayac?
€24,040 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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