A median age of 56.3: Paunat is older than 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 3.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The 2023 Census counted 320 residents in 150 households. Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 6.8% of households are single parents here.
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 Paunat
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 80 second homes and occasional dwellings in Paunat, 30% of its 260 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 Paunat’s residents are under 56.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 30 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 30%, a higher share than 95% 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
11% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Census figures put flats at 2% in Paunat. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 3.5%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns.
Paunat’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 58% 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, −1% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Dordogne.
6.5% of residents are 15 to 24, below 98% 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
■ Paunat 56.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 92% of compared French towns: 34%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 87% of compared French towns: 16%
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 one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people.
The median resident lives on €26,000 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,000 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 88% of compared French towns: 42%
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Paunat, 21%. 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).
12% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 87% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Here 13% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. That is higher than in four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 15%
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
56% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
In Paunat, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 77% 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
Here 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 320 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 2 of the 4 around it: Paunat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paunat | 56.3 | 34% | 30% | 13% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 3.7 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Lalinde 2,931 · 7.1 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 9.8% | 5.2% |
| Sanilhac 4,757 · 16.5 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.1% | 5.4% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 17.7 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 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 Paunat
What is the population of Paunat?
320 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (311).
How old are Paunat’s residents?
The median age is 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Paunat?
80, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Paunat?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Paunat?
€26,000 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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