Payzac is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.2
Here 3.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Few places have so few single-parent households: 6.3% here, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Payzac was home to 984 people in 470 households. The census found that 2.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) 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 Payzac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Payzac, 20% of its 730 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 91% 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 Payzac’s residents are under 58.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 110 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Payzac had 1,026 residents at the 2012 census and 984 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 20%, a higher share than 93% 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
9.8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more. At 4.1%, the share of flats is lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here 15% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
Slower growth than 85% of compared French towns: Payzac changed by −4% since 2012
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
Over those years, the median Dordogne town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Payzac 58.2. The median compared French town: 44.
37% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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.
Payzac sits below 78% of compared French towns for couples with children (19%)
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
A household here holds 2 people on average. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €21,660 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 €21,660 a year: lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
In Payzac, 40% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 82% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Payzac comes in at 13%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
9.7% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 81% 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.
By its share of immigrants (11%), Payzac is above 75% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
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 97% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Payzac comes in at 50%. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Payzac sits below 81% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Payzac has 24%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 984 to 2,582
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.
No nearby town is as old as Payzac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payzac | 58.2 | 37% | 20% | 11% |
| Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 6,830 · 6.7 mi | 57 | 36% | 4.8% | 5.5% |
| Objat 3,721 · 14.1 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Thiviers 2,876 · 14.6 mi | 54.3 | 35% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
| Allassac 4,081 · 16.5 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Uzerche 2,814 · 16.8 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 9.9% | 5.6% |
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 Payzac
What is the population of Payzac?
984 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,026).
How old are Payzac’s residents?
The median age is 58.2, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Payzac?
150, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Payzac?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 96 foreign nationals (9.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Payzac?
€21,660 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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