Cussac is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 63.2
Households headed by a retired person: 50%, above 97% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 1,152 residents in Cussac, living in 590 households. Couples with children come to 12% locally, about one in ten. On flats, Cussac sits lower than 91% of compared French towns: 7.8%.
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 Cussac
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cussac, 17% of its 870 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Cussac’s residents are under 63.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 47% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 18% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cussac had 1,245 residents at the 2012 census and 1,152 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 130 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 23% have stayed three decades or more. Fewer households in social housing than in 83% of compared French towns: 5.7%. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. By its share of empty homes (15%), Cussac is above 95% of compared French towns.
A −7% change since 2012: slower than 94% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haute-Vienne town +1%.
Cussac ranks above 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 47%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cussac 63.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 4.5%, Cussac is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 45% in Cussac, more than in 84% 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 Haute-Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Cussac has 8.4%. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.8 people.
At the median, €21,190 a year to live on
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 €21,190 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5.8% in Cussac, less than in 78% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 9.3% in Cussac. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cussac ranks above 86% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 12%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 13% of residents are immigrants here. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Vienne has 4.5%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 96% 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 married residents is 43%; Cussac has 46%. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Cussac, 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
Adults with no qualification: 31%, above 93% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 1,152 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 63.2 in Cussac.
Cussac is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cussac | 63.2 | 47% | 17% | 13% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 8.9 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 13.4 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Nontron 3,057 · 14.6 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 10% | 6.8% |
| Aixe-sur-Vienne 5,890 · 15.5 mi | 47.3 | 27% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Nexon 2,548 · 16.4 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 5.8% | 3.2% |
| Verneuil-sur-Vienne 4,903 · 16.9 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.4% |
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 Cussac
What is the population of Cussac?
1,152 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,245).
How old are Cussac’s residents?
The median age is 63.2, older than 99% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 47% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cussac?
150, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cussac?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cussac?
€21,190 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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