Second homes: 30%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
By its share of flats (1.4%), Sainte-Mondane is below 99% of compared French towns. This Dordogne town has fewer empty homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 3.4%. The 2023 Census counted 305 residents in 140 households. About one in 19: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Sainte-Mondane (5.3%).
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 Sainte-Mondane
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 64 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sainte-Mondane, 30% of its 210 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car make up 2.9% in Sainte-Mondane, less than in 99% 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
Turnover: 9.4% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%.
Faster growth than 77% of compared French towns: Sainte-Mondane changed by +13% 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
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 +17% to 2023.
Older than 82% of compared French towns: half of Sainte-Mondane is over 49.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sainte-Mondane 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
7.1% 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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Sainte-Mondane has fewer one-person households than 83% of compared French towns, at 29%. Add to that, the share of couples with children trails 68% of compared French towns: 21%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,000 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,000 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
In Sainte-Mondane, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 74% 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 32% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are headed by a retired person here. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town. Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 7.3% in Sainte-Mondane, more than in 71% 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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants here. That is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% 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 smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
The figure for married residents is 47% in Sainte-Mondane and 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 32% in Sainte-Mondane, more than in 57% 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
Adults with no qualification come to 20% in Sainte-Mondane, about two in ten. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 305 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.
Every neighbor is older than Sainte-Mondane
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Mondane | 49.7 | 24% | 30% | 9% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 6.8 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 7.5 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 7.6 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
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 Sainte-Mondane
What is the population of Sainte-Mondane?
305 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (270).
How old are Sainte-Mondane’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Mondane?
64, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Mondane?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Mondane?
€25,000 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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