2.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Salon, 51%. Half of the town’s residents are over 49.8, older than in 83% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 261 people lived locally, in 120 households. The census found that 1.8% of homes are flats 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 Salon
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Salon, 13% of its 160 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
15% of homes stand empty, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 7.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 29%. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Second homes are more common here than in 90% of compared French towns.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 70% 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
Over those years, the median Dordogne town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then −6% to 2023.
Salon ranks below 80% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Salon 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 25% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Salon, 28% of households are couples with children, more than in 67% 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. One-person households make up 33%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €22,250 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 €22,250 a year: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Salon sits below 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (4.1%)
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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Salon comes in at 4.1%. 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).
Salon ranks above 78% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 8.9%
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.
The share of immigrants tops 61% of compared French towns: 8.1%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 larger share of married residents than 96% of compared French towns: 52%
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: 19%, below 94% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 22% in Salon, less than in 78% 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
25% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 261 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Salon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salon | 49.8 | 25% | 13% | 8.1% |
| Sanilhac 4,757 · 6.8 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.1% | 5.4% |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire 10,759 · 9.1 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 6.3% |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 4,361 · 10.6 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Coulounieix-Chamiers 7,832 · 10.9 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 11 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Périgueux 29,055 · 11.2 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 5.4% | 9.1% |
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 Salon
What is the population of Salon?
261 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (261).
How old are Salon’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 83% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salon?
22, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salon?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (8.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salon?
€22,250 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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