A median age of 58.1: Bannes is older than 97% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Bannes was home to 143 people in 68 households. Couples with children make up about one in seven here (14%). The figure for households without a car is 1.5% in Bannes and 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Bannes
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bannes, 17% of its 110 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Bannes’ residents are under 58.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 20 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 19% of homes stand empty
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
Second homes: 17%, above 92% of compared French towns. Census figures put flats at 2.9% in Bannes. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Bannes’s population changed by +12% since 2012, more than in 75% 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
The median Lot town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +5% and the next six +6%.
Bannes sits above 96% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (37%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bannes 58.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Bannes, 6.4%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 7.1%, a lower share than 88% 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
Households here average 2.1 people each. Few places have as many one-person households: 36% here, more than in 53% of compared French towns. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,970 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 median standard of living in Bannes is €25,970 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 50% in Bannes, more than in 97% of compared French towns
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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 7.1% in Bannes and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Bannes, 5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 64% 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 64% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 5.7%. By way of comparison, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 58% of residents 15 and over are married in Bannes. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 38%, a higher share than 75% of compared French towns
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Bannes (19%). As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 143 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Bannes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bannes | 58.1 | 37% | 17% | 5% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 3.5 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 9.8 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 14.9 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
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 Bannes
What is the population of Bannes?
143 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (128).
How old are Bannes’ residents?
The median age is 58.1, older than 97% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bannes?
18, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bannes?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bannes?
€25,970 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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