Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Nailhac is over 56
1.3% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). There were 140 households in Nailhac at the 2023 Census, home to 289 residents. On the census count, 3.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Nailhac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 81 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nailhac, 34% of its 240 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Nailhac’s residents are under 56 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% 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.
A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 34%
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
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 8.6% in Nailhac. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 6.4%.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 81% 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 −13% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Dordogne.
Only 5.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Nailhac
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Nailhac 56. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 34% in Nailhac and 22% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
7.2% of households are single parents, below 88% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Nailhac has 31%. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,370 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 €26,370 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 48% in Nailhac, 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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in eight. The usual figure: 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).
Nailhac: 6.6% of residents are foreign nationals, above 67% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 63% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. Put another way, about one in 12: 8.5% 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.
More married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 53%
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
18% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 289 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Nailhac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nailhac | 56 | 34% | 34% | 8.5% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 9.2 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 10.6 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Objat 3,721 · 12.8 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 4,361 · 14.6 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 15 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Allassac 4,081 · 15.4 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 4.9% | 4% |
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 Nailhac
What is the population of Nailhac?
289 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (298).
How old are Nailhac’s residents?
The median age is 56, older than 95% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nailhac?
81, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nailhac?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.5% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (6.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nailhac?
€26,370 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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