Half of Cajarc is over 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns
In Cajarc, just over two in five households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. The town had 1,136 residents in 590 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 1.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the town. Higher than in 81% of compared French towns: 44% of households are one person living alone.
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 Cajarc
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 270 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cajarc, 27% of its 1,000 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 61% 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 Cajarc’s residents are under 59.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 130 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 27% in Cajarc, more than in 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
One household in seven has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 13% in Cajarc. On households without a car, Cajarc sits higher than two thirds of compared French towns: 14%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Cajarc changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 71% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Lot town −1%.
41% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 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
■ Cajarc 59.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 6.2% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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: 12%, a lower share than 98% 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 1.8 people each. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents.
€22,950 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €22,950 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Cajarc sits below 94% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (6.1%)
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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 6%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7% of Cajarc’s residents 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.
The median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Cajarc (7%). There is little gap on foreign nationals: 4.5%, 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.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 84% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 22%, a higher share than 64% 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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,136 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Cajarc 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cajarc | 59.2 | 41% | 27% | 7% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 12.6 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 13.1 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 13.2 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 Cajarc
What is the population of Cajarc?
1,136 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,138).
How old are Cajarc’s residents?
The median age is 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cajarc?
270, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cajarc?
INSEE counts 80 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7% of residents, and 51 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cajarc?
€22,950 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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