A median age of 60.8: Sarrazac is older than 98% of compared French towns
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Sarrazac has 0.5%. Census day 2023: 363 residents and 190 households in the town. On the census count, 1% of homes are flats. At 13%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 96% 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 Sarrazac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sarrazac, 35% of its 320 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Sarrazac’s residents are under 60.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 35%
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
One household in 15 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Sarrazac, the census puts households without a car at 6.5%. Few places have so few empty homes: 5.1% here, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns.
Slower growth than 77% of compared French towns: Sarrazac changed by −2% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Dordogne town −1%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns, at 38%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sarrazac 60.8. The median compared French town: 44.
6.2% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 79% of compared French towns, at 8.1%
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
A household here holds 1.9 people on average. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Sarrazac, 36%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,890 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 €22,890 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 44%, a higher share than 91% 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
5.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The census found that 16% of households are headed by a manual worker in Sarrazac.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sarrazac sits above 70% of compared French towns for immigrants (9.8%)
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 median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 70% of compared French towns. The share of foreign nationals stands at 7.6%. As a yardstick, 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.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Sarrazac
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
With married residents at 51%, Sarrazac is ahead of 95% of compared French towns on that count. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Sarrazac
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school have no qualification here.
Ranked by age, 4th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Sarrazac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarrazac | 60.8 | 38% | 35% | 9.8% |
| Thiviers 2,876 · 5.5 mi | 54.3 | 35% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
| Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 6,830 · 10.1 mi | 57 | 36% | 4.8% | 5.5% |
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 Sarrazac
What is the population of Sarrazac?
363 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (369).
How old are Sarrazac’s residents?
The median age is 60.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 9.4% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sarrazac?
110, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sarrazac?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.8% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (7.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sarrazac?
€22,890 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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