Surdoux is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 62.4
In Surdoux, 6% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. This Haute-Vienne town counted 59 residents and 32 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 83% of households are headed by a retired person. More households without a car than in 96% of compared French towns: 31%.
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 Surdoux
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Surdoux, 30% of its 50 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Surdoux’s residents are under 62.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Surdoux had 41 residents at the 2012 census and 59 in 2023, up 44%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Surdoux (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 4.5% for the median compared commune in Haute-Vienne. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 30% of its homes
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
Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 6%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.4%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 22%.
Surdoux grew +44% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 99% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then +34% to 2023. Over those years, the median Haute-Vienne town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 42% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Surdoux 62.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
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.
Fewer couples with children than 86% of compared French towns: 17%
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. The share of one-person households stands at 33%. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The largest group of households: retired (83%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 17% in Surdoux, more than in 89% of compared French towns
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (15%), Surdoux is above 92% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 9.6%
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
58% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 66% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 59 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Surdoux (62.4).
Surdoux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surdoux | 62.4 | 42% | 30% | 17% |
| Uzerche 2,814 · 12.8 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 9.9% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat 4,366 · 17.7 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
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 Surdoux
What is the population of Surdoux?
59 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 44% more than in 2012 (41).
How old are Surdoux’s residents?
The median age is 62.4, older than 99% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Surdoux?
15, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Surdoux?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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