Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Vézac is over 55.6
The share of flats trails 91% of compared French towns: 7.6%. At the 2023 Census, 533 people lived in Vézac, in 280 households. On the census count, 6.8% of households are single parents. 41% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 85% 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 Vézac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vézac, 31% of its 430 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vézac had 619 residents at the 2012 census and 533 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Vézac’s residents are under 55.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 31%, a higher share than 95% 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
The figure for households in social housing is 5.4% in Vézac and 12% in the typical compared French town. Add to that, on households without a car, Vézac sits lower than 85% of compared French towns: 5.3%. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, 4.9% of homes stand empty.
A change of −14% since 2012 leaves Vézac behind 99% 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 −5%, and from 2017 to 2023 −9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Dordogne town −1%.
Vézac ranks below 96% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vézac 55.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 34%, above 93% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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.
Couples with children: 17%, a lower share than 85% of compared French towns
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, the share of one-person households is 35%; Vézac has 41%. Households average 1.9 people. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €24,340 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €24,340 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Only 10% of households are headed by a manual worker in Vézac
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 manager or professional (12%), Vézac is above 63% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
8.4% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 76% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Vézac has 10%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 72% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 92% of compared French towns: 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
Married people make up 48% and PACS partners 5.7%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 8.7% are widowed. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 65% of compared French towns: 26%
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 533 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Vézac sits below 3 of its 5 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vézac | 55.6 | 34% | 31% | 10% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 4.1 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 12.5 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 12.8 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 15.3 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 15.6 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
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 Vézac
What is the population of Vézac?
533 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (619).
How old are Vézac’s residents?
The median age is 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vézac?
130, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vézac?
INSEE counts 55 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 45 foreign nationals (8.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vézac?
€24,340 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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