Above 95% of compared French towns: 32% of homes are second homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 180 households in Autoire at the 2023 Census, home to 376 residents. In Autoire, 14% of households are single parents. Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Autoire has 5.5%.
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 Autoire
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 92 second homes and occasional dwellings in Autoire, 32% of its 290 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 Autoire’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats make up 1% in Autoire, less than in 99% of compared French towns
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
One household in 18 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Lower than in 67% of compared French towns: 5.5% of homes stand empty. The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
+10% since 2012, a pace 69% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
The first five years brought +5%; the six to 2023, +5%.
6.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below 97% 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
■ Autoire 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
29% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age in Autoire is 51.6, higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Autoire sits below 64% of compared French towns for couples with children (22%)
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 2.1 people. For Autoire, the census puts one-person households at 33%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children.
Median living standard: €25,590 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,590 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns, at 2.8%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Autoire, 36%. Households headed by a manual worker account for 22%. Measured more widely, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 66% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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 the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Autoire, 3.2%. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 92% 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
With married residents at 50%, Autoire is ahead of 90% of compared French towns on that count. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 10% of adults out of school have no 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
Graduates of higher education: 34% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Prayssac (62.3).
Autoire is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autoire | 51.6 | 29% | 32% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 3.2 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 7.3 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 17.4 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 17.5 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
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 Autoire
What is the population of Autoire?
376 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (342).
How old are Autoire’s residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Autoire?
92, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Autoire?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Autoire?
€25,590 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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