Half of Vaunac is over 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 247 residents in 130 households: that is Vaunac at the 2023 Census. For Vaunac, the census puts flats at 1.8%. With couples with children at 16%, Vaunac is behind 87% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Vaunac
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vaunac, 13% of its 170 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Vaunac’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vaunac had 268 residents at the 2012 census and 247 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 13% in Vaunac, more than in 90% 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
Households without a car: 5%, below 88% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Empty homes come to 11% in Vaunac, about one in ten.
Vaunac changed by −8% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 94% 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
In two steps, +2% to 2017 and −10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Dordogne.
Vaunac ranks below 95% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vaunac 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Vaunac, 28%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Vaunac ranks below 87% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 7.3%
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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. At 42%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 77% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €25,300 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 €25,300 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 96% of compared French towns, at 48%
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Vaunac has 11%. Across Vaunac, 6.4% of households are headed by a manual worker. Measured more widely, nearly a third 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).
Foreign nationals: 6%, a higher share than 64% 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 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Census figures put immigrants at 6.8% in Vaunac.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns, at 20%
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 share of married residents trails 64% of compared French towns: 41%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 89% 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: 27% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 247 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).
Vaunac is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaunac | 54.8 | 28% | 13% | 6.8% |
| Thiviers 2,876 · 4.2 mi | 54.3 | 35% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
| Brantôme en Périgord 3,763 · 11.1 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 16% | 5.2% |
| Trélissac 7,372 · 12.8 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.6% | 4.7% |
| Champcevinel 3,126 · 12.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 4,361 · 13.4 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Périgueux 29,055 · 14.6 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 Vaunac
What is the population of Vaunac?
247 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (268).
How old are Vaunac’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vaunac?
22, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vaunac?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vaunac?
€25,300 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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