Cadrieu is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 0.8% of homes are flats. Cadrieu is home to 174 residents in 89 households, by the 2023 Census. In Cadrieu, 2.2% of households have no car, beside 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 Cadrieu
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cadrieu, 22% of its 120 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 92% 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 Cadrieu’s residents are under 58 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
22% of homes are second homes, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
21% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 12% moved in within the last two years. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few empty homes: 4.2% here, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns.
Cadrieu’s population moved +1% on 2012, less than in 67% 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
Cadrieu: 41% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% 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
■ Cadrieu 58. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Cadrieu has 9.8%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 78 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.
Couples with children: 11%, a lower share than 99% 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
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Cadrieu has 33%. About one in 18: that is how common single-parent households are in Cadrieu (5.6%). The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
At the median, €26,020 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,020 a year: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Cadrieu: 50% of households are headed by a retired person, above 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 11%, Cadrieu is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. About one in 18: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Cadrieu (5.6%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.7% of residents in Cadrieu are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Cadrieu (5.7%). There is little gap on foreign nationals: 4%, about the same as 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.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 97% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 22% of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 87% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Cadrieu. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 174 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Cadrieu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadrieu | 58 | 41% | 22% | 5.7% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 11.1 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 11.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 12.2 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
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 Cadrieu
What is the population of Cadrieu?
174 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (173).
How old are Cadrieu’s residents?
The median age is 58, older than 97% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cadrieu?
26, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cadrieu?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cadrieu?
€26,020 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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