A median age of 56.6: Plaisance is older than 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Plaisance, 1.5% of homes are flats. The town’s 220 households held 412 residents at the 2023 Census. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Plaisance has 45%.
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 Plaisance
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 95 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plaisance, 29% of its 330 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 Plaisance’s residents are under 56.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Plaisance had 440 residents at the 2012 census and 412 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Plaisance ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 29%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 11%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%. 3.3% of households have no car, a lower share than in 98% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 4.6% of homes stand empty here.
−6% since 2012: slower than 92% 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
The first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, −3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Dordogne town −1%.
Only 5.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in Plaisance
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plaisance 56.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 32%, Plaisance is ahead of 91% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 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%.
2.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Plaisance, 40%. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 18% of the total.
Median living standard: €24,200 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 €24,200 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
In Plaisance, 4.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 88% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 7.1% of households are headed by a manual worker here. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 79% of compared French towns, at 9.1%
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.
In Plaisance, 9.8% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 70% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Plaisance sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married in Plaisance. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 53% 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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 19% in Plaisance. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Plaisance, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaisance | 56.6 | 32% | 29% | 9.8% |
| Eymet 2,569 · 8.1 mi | 61.2 | 42% | 14% | 19% |
| Bergerac 27,110 · 11.2 mi | 52.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 9.1% |
| Miramont-de-Guyenne 3,081 · 12 mi | 57.6 | 40% | 9.9% | 9.7% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 12.6 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| Lalinde 2,931 · 13.4 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 9.8% | 5.2% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 13.5 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
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 Plaisance
What is the population of Plaisance?
412 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (440).
How old are Plaisance’s residents?
The median age is 56.6, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plaisance?
95, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plaisance?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.8% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (9.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plaisance?
€24,200 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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