Capdenac is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.1
5.6% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. At 0.7%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Capdenac had 1,049 residents in 540 households at the 2023 Census. The share of single-parent households stands at 6.5%.
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 Capdenac
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 71 second homes and occasional dwellings in Capdenac, 10% of its 700 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Capdenac’s residents are under 54.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 90 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.
Capdenac ranks above 88% of compared French towns on second homes: 10%
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
13% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. For Capdenac, the census puts flats at 7.2%. This Lot town has fewer households without a car than 74% of compared French towns, at 6.9%.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 79% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Lot town −1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.2%, a lower share than 96% 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
■ Capdenac 54.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Capdenac, 31%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
A lower share of couples with children than 82% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
37% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Households here average 2 people each. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A median standard of living of €27,160 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,160 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 43% in Capdenac, more than in 90% 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
6.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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).
4.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 72% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Capdenac has 2.5%. The median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
Capdenac ranks below 93% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
Married residents: 49%, above 89% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Capdenac, less than in 77% 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
Here a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,049 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Around Capdenac, 1 of 5 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capdenac | 54.1 | 31% | 10% | 4.1% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 1.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 2.4 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 9.3 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 10 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 16.3 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 Capdenac
What is the population of Capdenac?
1,049 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,075).
How old are Capdenac’s residents?
The median age is 54.1, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Capdenac?
71, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Capdenac?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Capdenac?
€27,160 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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