Cardaillac ranks above 94% of compared French towns on second homes: 24%
The share of households without a car is 4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 1.4% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Cardaillac. 5.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. There were 280 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 623 residents.
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 Cardaillac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cardaillac, 24% of its 430 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Cardaillac’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats make up 3.6% in Cardaillac, less than in 98% 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
Empty homes make up 9%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Growth of +7% since 2012 puts Cardaillac ahead of 59% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Lot town −1%.
Cardaillac ranks below 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cardaillac 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 27% in Cardaillac and 22% in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 50.9, Cardaillac is older than 86% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 72% 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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Cardaillac has fewer couples with children than 55% of compared French towns, at 24%. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A median of €26,410 a year per consumption unit
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 €26,410 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 40% in Cardaillac, more than in 82% 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
Here just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: 11% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.3% of Cardaillac’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 lower than in 52% of compared French towns. About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Cardaillac (6.3%). Little separates the share of foreign nationals here, 4.3%, from the figure 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.
Cardaillac sits below 93% of compared French towns for 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (34%), Cardaillac is above 62% of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Cardaillac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardaillac | 50.9 | 27% | 24% | 6.3% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 4.9 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 8.4 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 13.6 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 14.7 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 15.2 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 15.9 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 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 Cardaillac
What is the population of Cardaillac?
623 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (583).
How old are Cardaillac’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cardaillac?
100, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cardaillac?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cardaillac?
€26,410 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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