Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Savignac-Lédrier is over 56.9
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 1.8% of homes are flats in Savignac-Lédrier. On households in social housing, Savignac-Lédrier sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 729, in 360 households. Here, 48% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Savignac-Lédrier
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Savignac-Lédrier, 26% of its 510 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Savignac-Lédrier’s residents are under 56.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 26%, a higher share than 94% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 27% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.9% (under two years). 6% of households have no car, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 3.9% of homes stand empty here.
A +1% change since 2012: slower than 67% 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: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
36% of residents are 65 or over, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Savignac-Lédrier 56.9. The median compared French town: 44.
7.5% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Savignac-Lédrier sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (4.1%)
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
By its share of couples with children (19%), Savignac-Lédrier is below 78% of compared French towns. Each household has 2 people on average. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €21,960 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 €21,960 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (6.8%), Savignac-Lédrier is below 91% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 8.7% in Savignac-Lédrier, more than in 77% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 72% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. For Savignac-Lédrier, the census puts immigrants at 10%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Savignac-Lédrier, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 92% 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
Married residents make up 49%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 23% in Savignac-Lédrier and 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 729 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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).
1 of 5 neighbors are older than Savignac-Lédrier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savignac-Lédrier | 56.9 | 36% | 26% | 10% |
| Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 6,830 · 8.9 mi | 57 | 36% | 4.8% | 5.5% |
| Objat 3,721 · 13.1 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Thiviers 2,876 · 13.9 mi | 54.3 | 35% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
| Allassac 4,081 · 15.8 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Uzerche 2,814 · 17.9 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 9.9% | 5.6% |
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 Savignac-Lédrier
What is the population of Savignac-Lédrier?
729 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (724).
How old are Savignac-Lédrier’s residents?
The median age is 56.9, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Savignac-Lédrier?
130, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Savignac-Lédrier?
INSEE counts 76 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 64 foreign nationals (8.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Savignac-Lédrier?
€21,960 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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