More second homes than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 89% of compared French towns: 42%. Few places have so few single-parent households: 6.1% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Assier’s population at 709, in 330 households. Locally, 5.2% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Lot 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 Assier
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 67 second homes and occasional dwellings in Assier, 15% of its 440 homes: higher than in 91% 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 Assier’s residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Assier ranks below 89% of compared French towns on flats: 8.5%
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
By its share of households without a car (7.3%), Assier is below 71% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Locally, 9.8% of homes stand empty.
Since 2012, Assier has changed by +4%, slower than 55% 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
Here the change came as −5% to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
A median age of 51.4: Assier is older than 87% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Assier 51.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.6%, Assier is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 31%.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Assier, 42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 78% 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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2 people. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. About one in four: that is how common couples with children are in Assier (24%).
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,860 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.
At €25,860 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Assier ranks below 73% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 11%
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
Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 9.1% here, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Assier, 3.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 77% 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.
The median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals.
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 married residents than 79% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
Put another way, about one in four: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 38% and 6.2%, and 12% are widowed.
More graduates of higher education than 69% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 709 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).
Among its 4 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Assier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assier | 51.4 | 31% | 15% | 3.5% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 8.8 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 10.2 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 12.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 12.6 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
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 Assier
What is the population of Assier?
709 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (684).
How old are Assier’s residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Assier?
67, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Assier?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Assier?
€25,860 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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