Surdoux has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 30% of its homes are second homes. It skews older: 42% of residents are 65 or over.
What makes Surdoux stand out
The 2 things Surdoux does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Surdoux.
Who lives here
Children make up only 12% of Surdoux, fewer than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up just over two fifths of the town, above both Haute-Vienne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Just over a third of adults hold a degree. At 62.4, the median resident of Surdoux sits in the middle of the age range.
62.4median age
SurdouxHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
42%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat8%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 79 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
More people in Surdoux are out of work than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: 13.6%
10.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than Haute-Vienne’s towns (7.3%) yet lower than compared French towns (13.4%).
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot11%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Surdoux, 0.3 per working resident
13.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Surdoux
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Surdoux is a commune of 59 people in the Communauté de communes Briance-Combade. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.