Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Villac is over 54.6
Flats: 0.8%, below 99% of compared French towns. In Villac, 43% of households are headed by a retired person. On empty homes, Villac sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 3.5%. This Dordogne town counted 295 residents and 150 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Villac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 96 second homes and occasional dwellings in Villac, 37% of its 260 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 Villac’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
37% of homes are second homes, 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 38: 2.6% of households have no car. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
+16% since 2012, a pace 83% of compared French towns didn’t match
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, +4% to 2017 and +11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Dordogne.
5.8% of residents are 15 to 24, below 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
■ Villac 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 33%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 6.7% in Villac, less than in 92% 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, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Villac, 43%. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in five: a fifth of households are couples with children.
Standard of living at the median: €24,190 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,190 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 93% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 6.7%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 9.5%, a higher share than 80% 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.
The median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 70% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Put another way, about one in ten: 9.8% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, below 68% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Villac has 23%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Villac. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 295 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Villac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villac | 54.6 | 33% | 37% | 9.8% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 4.3 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Objat 3,721 · 9.3 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 9.4 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 9.7 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Allassac 4,081 · 11.5 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Ussac 4,322 · 12.7 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
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 Villac
What is the population of Villac?
295 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (255).
How old are Villac’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villac?
96, with occasional dwellings: 37% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villac?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.8% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (9.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villac?
€24,190 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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