0.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 2.8% in Minzac. The town’s 210 households held 495 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, one in ten homes are second homes. Higher than in 98% of compared French towns: 26% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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.
Minzac grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 74% 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 change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, +8%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Dordogne town −1%.
Half of Minzac is over 48.5, older than 76% 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
■ Minzac 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 96% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. Minzac has fewer single-parent households than 89% of compared French towns, at 7.1%. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
93% of homes are houses
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Turnover: 6.6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more. At 7%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,590 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.
At €24,590 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 38%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Minzac, 5.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns
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 median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. For Minzac, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Minzac has 46%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 95% 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 21% in Minzac and 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 495 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Minzac and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minzac | 48.5 | 24% | 9.8% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle 3,167 · 3.7 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Montpon-Ménestérol 5,866 · 7.2 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Castillon-la-Bataille 3,344 · 8.4 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 1.9% | 19% |
| Coutras 8,678 · 8.9 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile 5,955 · 11 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.4% | 5.4% |
| Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt 2,520 · 11.7 mi | 55.2 | 36% | 5.9% | 8.9% |
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 Minzac
What is the population of Minzac?
495 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (444).
How old are Minzac’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Minzac?
25, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Minzac?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Minzac?
€24,590 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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