Only 1.1% of homes are flats in Blanzac
Single-parent households: 4.5%, below 99% of compared French towns. Blanzac is home to 468 residents in 220 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that 2.7% of households have no car locally. Higher than in 96% of compared French towns: 48% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Vienne 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 Blanzac
Fewer residents than in 2012
Blanzac had 509 residents at the 2012 census and 468 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Blanzac’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 33 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Blanzac changed by −8% from 2012 to 2023, behind 95% 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 those years, the median Haute-Vienne town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Blanzac is over 51
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Blanzac 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 27%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.8%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 20% of households are couples with children in Blanzac
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 Haute-Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Just over a third of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%).
Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes stand empty in Blanzac. Add to that, at 9.7%, the share of second homes is higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 7.8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 28% have been in their home 30 years or more.
Median standard of living: €23,370 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 Blanzac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,370 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 89% of compared French towns: 4.5%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 20%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 69% of compared French towns: 6.8%
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 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Vienne has 4.5%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7.1% 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.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 98% 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
With married residents at 52%, Blanzac is ahead of 97% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 67% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 19%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 468 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).
2 of 3 neighbors are older than Blanzac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanzac | 51 | 27% | 9.7% | 7.1% |
| Bellac 3,537 · 2.9 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.1% | 7.9% |
| Bessines-sur-Gartempe 2,709 · 12.1 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 8.6% | 3.7% |
| Oradour-sur-Glane 2,550 · 14.3 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
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 Blanzac
What is the population of Blanzac?
468 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (509).
How old are Blanzac’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blanzac?
27, with occasional dwellings: 9.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blanzac?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (6.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blanzac?
€23,370 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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