Half of Tursac is over 58.6, older than 97% of compared French towns
1.3% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Tursac had 346 residents in 170 households at the 2023 census. For Tursac, the census puts households in social housing at 1.7%. At 3.7%, the share of households without a car 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 Tursac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tursac, 36% of its 280 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Tursac’s residents are under 58.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 36% in Tursac, more than in 96% 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
Here 2.6% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 32%.
A change of +2% since 2012 leaves Tursac behind 60% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Dordogne town −1%.
4.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Tursac 58.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 38%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. 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%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 90% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 6.1% of households are single parents here. Households here average 2 people each. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€22,860 a year: the median 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.
Living standards centre on €22,860 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Tursac: 48% of households are headed by a retired person, above 96% 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
Here just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional: nearly a tenth of the total. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
14% of residents are immigrants, a share 83% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 12% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Tursac sits above 77% of compared French towns for married residents (47%)
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 figure for single residents is 23% in Tursac and 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 77% of compared French towns: 14%
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: 37%, above 72% of compared French towns. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 346 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).
Tursac is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tursac | 58.6 | 38% | 36% | 14% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 6.8 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 8.6 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 10.3 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 4,361 · 16.5 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 16.5 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Lalinde 2,931 · 17.4 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 9.8% | 5.2% |
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 Tursac
What is the population of Tursac?
346 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (338).
How old are Tursac’s residents?
The median age is 58.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tursac?
100, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tursac?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tursac?
€22,860 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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