A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.3%
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 0.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Lagorce. At the 2023 Census Lagorce was home to 1,575 people in 690 households. Here, 26% of households are headed by a manual worker. One-person households are rarer here than in 82% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Lagorce
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lagorce had 1,675 residents at the 2012 census and 1,575 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Lagorce behind 91% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gironde town +16%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%.
Half of Lagorce is over 46.7, older than 67% 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
■ Lagorce 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%). On residents aged 65 and over, 22% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Lagorce sits below 97% of compared French towns for single-parent households (5.7%)
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. On couples with children, Lagorce sits higher than nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 31%. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
5.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 87% 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
There is little gap on second homes: 2.9%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. Against that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,040 a year in 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.
Half of Lagorce’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,040 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 7.9%, a lower share than 61% 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
Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (33%). Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2% of residents are immigrants in Lagorce
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 Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Lagorce, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lagorce ranks below 70% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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
By its share of married residents (45%), Lagorce is above 64% of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 17% in Lagorce, less than in 93% 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
With adults with no qualification at 23%, Lagorce is ahead of 68% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,575 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Lagorce
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagorce | 46.7 | 22% | 2.9% | 2% |
| Coutras 8,678 · 3.4 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile 5,955 · 6.5 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.4% | 5.4% |
| Galgon 3,144 · 8.2 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle 3,167 · 9 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 9.3 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 9.7 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
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 Lagorce
What is the population of Lagorce?
1,575 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,675).
How old are Lagorce’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 67% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lagorce?
22, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lagorce?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lagorce?
€24,040 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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