Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0Households without a car make up 5.1% in Sanilhac, less than in 87% of compared French towns
Households in social housing: 6.7% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 4,757 residents and 2,120 households in Sanilhac. Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten homes are flats. Fewer single-parent households than in 90% of compared French towns: 6.9%.
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.
A +8% change since 2012: Sanilhac grew faster than 64% 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 +3%; the six to 2023, +5%.
Half of Sanilhac is over 46, older than 64% 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
■ Sanilhac 46. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (25%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 76% of compared French towns: 30%
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, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Sanilhac, 27%. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people.
Sanilhac: 5.1% of homes are second homes, above 77% 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
Empty homes: 5.5%, below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Turnover: 7.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,470 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 €26,470 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 55% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 9.0% of residents.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manual worker account for 13%. 9.7% of Sanilhac’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 38% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sanilhac ranks below 60% of compared French towns on immigrants: 5.4%
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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 24 here (4.2%). Elsewhere, 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 smaller share of single residents than 86% of compared French towns: 21%
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
In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 47% and 7.9%, and 5.9% are widowed. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 85% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 35%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 4,720 to 4,804 people: this is the 17th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (36.3), the youngest, and Salies-de-Béarn (57.6), the oldest.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Sanilhac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanilhac | 46 | 25% | 5.1% | 5.4% |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire 10,759 · 3.1 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 6.3% |
| Coulounieix-Chamiers 7,832 · 4.2 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Périgueux 29,055 · 4.5 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 5.4% | 9.1% |
| Trélissac 7,372 · 5.5 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.6% | 4.7% |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle 3,187 · 5.6 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 2.7% | 5.4% |
| Champcevinel 3,126 · 6.3 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 4.4% |
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 Sanilhac
What is the population of Sanilhac?
4,757 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (4,396).
How old are Sanilhac’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 64% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sanilhac?
120, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sanilhac?
INSEE counts 260 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 200 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sanilhac?
€26,470 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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