Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Cahus’s 89 households held 185 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 5.6% of households are single parents. One in ten homes stand empty, more than in 81% 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 Cahus
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 41 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cahus, 28% of its 150 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 Cahus’ residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cahus had 195 residents at the 2012 census and 185 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 28%, a higher share than 95% 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
34% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 1.1% moved in within the last two years. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Cahus has 9%.
From 2012 to 2023, 88% of compared French towns grew faster than Cahus: −5%
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 +6% to 2017, then −10% to 2023.
Cahus is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cahus 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
A third of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 64% of compared French towns: 28%
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
One-person households: 33%, below nearly three fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
A typical living standard of €27,420 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 €27,420 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Cahus ranks above 67% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 17%
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
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. More households headed by a retired person than in 55% of compared French towns: 33%. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cahus sits below 75% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.8%)
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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 2.7% in Cahus and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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
Here 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 19% in Cahus. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 185 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.
Cahus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cahus | 52.8 | 33% | 28% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 7 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 9.8 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 15.3 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
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 Cahus
What is the population of Cahus?
185 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (195).
How old are Cahus’ residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cahus?
41, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cahus?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cahus?
€27,420 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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