Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 2.4%
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 7.8% in Catus. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 921, in 410 households. In Catus, 13% of households are single parents. The town has fewer households in social housing than 81% of compared French towns, at 6.1%.
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 Catus
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Catus, 17% of its 610 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Catus’ residents are under 52.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 90 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Catus comes in at 7.6%. The share of empty homes stands at 15%. 14% of homes are flats, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Catus changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 64% 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
Here the change came as −5% to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
Half of Catus is over 52.4, older than 90% 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
■ Catus 52.4. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of Catus’ residents are 65 or older, against 35% in the median Lot town and 22% in the median compared French town; 17% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
17% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 85% 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
The average household has 2 people. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 40%, more than in 71% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €22,660 a year in standard of living
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 €22,660 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 40% of households are headed by a retired person
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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 78% of compared French towns, at 9%
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 73% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are immigrants. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Catus ranks below 62% of compared French towns on married residents: 41%
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
The share of single residents tops three fifths of compared French towns: 27%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 28%, a higher share than 86% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 22%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (921 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Catus is younger than 2 of its 4 nearest neighbors
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 Catus
What is the population of Catus?
921 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (908).
How old are Catus’ residents?
The median age is 52.4, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Catus?
110, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Catus?
INSEE counts 99 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 83 foreign nationals (9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Catus?
€22,660 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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