Vitrac is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.2
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 4.9% of households are single parents here. Vitrac had 863 residents in 410 households at the 2023 census. Put another way, about one in 23: 4.3% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Vitrac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vitrac, 23% of its 590 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 92% 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 Vitrac’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% 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.
Vitrac sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (23%)
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
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 3.6% in Vitrac. In the last two years, 6% of households moved in; at the other end, 26% have stayed 30 years or more. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 80% of compared French towns: Vitrac changed by −2% since 2012
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Dordogne. Here the change came as −10% to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns: 6.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vitrac 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 27% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Fewer one-person households than 57% of compared French towns: 34%
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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, or about one in four.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,980 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.
Living standards centre on €25,980 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 77% of compared French towns, at 10%
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
29% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%. Here, 7.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.3% in Vitrac, less than in 60% 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.
Locally, 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Vitrac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 17%
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 tops 96% of compared French towns: 52%. As a reference point, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Vitrac ranks below 66% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (19%). The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 863 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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).
Among its 5 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Vitrac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitrac | 53.2 | 27% | 23% | 5.3% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 3.2 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 10.6 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 12.6 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 15.3 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 15.7 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 Vitrac
What is the population of Vitrac?
863 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (885).
How old are Vitrac’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vitrac?
140, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vitrac?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vitrac?
€25,980 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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