Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Jouac is over 60.6
The share of couples with children trails 99% of compared French towns: 10%. Jouac is home to 197 residents in 100 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 2.3% of homes are flats. Fewer households headed by a manual worker than in 96% of compared French towns: 5%.
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 Jouac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 50 second homes and occasional dwellings in Jouac, 29% of its 170 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Jouac’s residents are under 60.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Jouac (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 4.5% for the median compared commune in Haute-Vienne. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (13%): 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 95% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 1% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. Empty homes make up about one in eight here (13%). Households without a car are rarer here than in 67% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
Jouac changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 57% 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%.
39% of residents are 65 or over, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Jouac 60.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Jouac has 7.6%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
In Jouac, 40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 69% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2 people.
Median standard of living: €20,250 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 Jouac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,250 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
Jouac sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (55%)
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 21%
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.
In Jouac, 20% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Haute-Vienne has 4.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 94% of compared French towns.
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, fewer than in 94% 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
The figure for married residents is 50% in Jouac and 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 10% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
26% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 197 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Jouac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jouac | 60.6 | 39% | 29% | 21% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 13.5 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
| Bessines-sur-Gartempe 2,709 · 17.5 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 8.6% | 3.7% |
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 Jouac
What is the population of Jouac?
197 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (191).
How old are Jouac’s residents?
The median age is 60.6, older than 98% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jouac?
50, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jouac?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (20%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jouac?
€20,250 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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