Photo: The original uploader was Accrochoc at French Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.012% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Cahors has 23%. The town’s 11,030 households held 20,050 residents at the 2023 Census. About one in three: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Cahors (30%). Few places have as many second homes: 6.1% here, more than in 80% of compared French towns.
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 Cahors
Many people living alone
53% of Cahors’ households are one person: higher than in 97% of compared French towns; 43% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 1,610 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Cahors has changed by ±0%, slower than 68% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Lot town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
A median age of 49.5: Cahors is older than 81% 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
■ Cahors 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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.
53% of households are one person living alone, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 average household has 1.8 people. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. More single-parent households than in 54% of compared French towns: 10%.
More empty homes than 88% of compared French towns: 12%
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
In Cahors, 54% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in six: 18% of households rent social housing (HLM).
At the median, €24,110 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.
The median standard of living in Cahors is €24,110 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns. 20.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
More households headed by a retired person than 73% of compared French towns: 37%
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 share of households headed by a manual worker trails 71% of compared French towns: 11%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. Across Cahors, 8.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cahors ranks above 79% of compared French towns on immigrants: 12%
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.
10% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 35% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Cahors has 32%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Cahors, 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 58% 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
A fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 3rd oldest of 41 French towns of 19,425 to 20,690 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 Denain (34), the oldest Royan (64.5).
Every neighbor is older than Cahors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Cahors
What is the population of Cahors?
20,050 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (19,991).
How old are Cahors’ residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cahors?
820, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cahors?
INSEE counts 2,490 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 2,040 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cahors?
€24,110 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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