Only 6.3% of households are couples with children in Salagnac
By its share of households headed by a retired person (44%), Salagnac is above 92% of compared French towns. This Dordogne town is home to 686 residents in 250 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that 16% of residents are 65 or over locally. Few places have as many households without a car: 18% here, more than in 78% of compared French towns.
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 Salagnac
Fewer residents than in 2012
Salagnac had 852 residents at the 2012 census and 686 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
53% of Salagnac’s households are one person: higher than in 96% of compared French towns; 46% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 61 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Salagnac’s population moved −19% on 2012, less than in 99% 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: −10% from 2012 to 2017, then −11% to 2023.
Older than 79% of compared French towns: half of Salagnac is over 49.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Salagnac 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Salagnac ranks above 96% of compared French towns on one-person households: 53%
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
Households here average 1.8 people each. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 9.6%.
Empty homes: 19%, a higher share than 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
The figure for second homes is 3.8% in Salagnac and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 8.6% of households rent social housing (HLM). The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 40% of homes are flats.
Half above, half below €19,070 a year in standard of living
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 €19,070 a year: lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
Salagnac ranks above 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 18%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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 higher share of foreign nationals than 71% of compared French towns, at 7.4%
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.
Nearly one in ten residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. That is higher than in just over two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Salagnac, 22% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 99% 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
The share of single residents is 54%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Salagnac.
Among 41 French towns of 686 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Salagnac and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salagnac | 49.1 | 16% | 3.8% | 9.4% |
| Objat 3,721 · 10 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Allassac 4,081 · 12.9 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 13.5 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 6,830 · 13.6 mi | 57 | 36% | 4.8% | 5.5% |
| Donzenac 2,733 · 16.1 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Thiviers 2,876 · 16.1 mi | 54.3 | 35% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
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 Salagnac
What is the population of Salagnac?
686 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (852).
How old are Salagnac’s residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 79% of compared French towns. 5.8% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salagnac?
12, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salagnac?
INSEE counts 65 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.4% of residents, and 51 foreign nationals (7.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salagnac?
€19,070 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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