A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 92% of compared French towns: 4.1%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 811 people lived in Pazayac, in 380 households. The share of single-parent households stands at 13%. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Pazayac has 5.5%.
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 Pazayac
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pazayac had 847 residents at the 2012 census and 811 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 86% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Dordogne town, the change came in two steps: +4% from 2012 to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
A median age of 48.5: Pazayac is older than 77% 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
■ Pazayac 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In Pazayac, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Pazayac sits below 77% 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
Here 38% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2 people each.
10% of homes are flats, fewer than in 86% 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
6.4% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in 84% of compared French towns.
€24,080 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €24,080 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 89% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Pazayac has 36%. Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 73% of compared French towns, at 4%
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.
With foreign nationals at 2.4%, Pazayac is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A lower share of married residents than 67% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
Single residents make up 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 20%
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 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification here. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (811 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Pazayac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pazayac | 48.5 | 22% | 5.5% | 4% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 3.5 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 3.9 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 47,095 · 7.6 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Ussac 4,322 · 7.9 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Objat 3,721 · 9.7 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Cosnac 3,044 · 9.9 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
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 Pazayac
What is the population of Pazayac?
811 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (847).
How old are Pazayac’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pazayac?
25, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pazayac?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pazayac?
€24,080 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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