Cœur de Causse is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.8
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Cœur de Causse has 7.5%. 886 residents in 480 households: that is Cœur de Causse at the 2023 Census. Across Cœur de Causse, 49% of households are headed by a retired person. At 17%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 84% 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 Cœur de Causse
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cœur de Causse, 27% of its 790 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Cœur de Causse’s residents are under 56.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cœur de Causse had 975 residents at the 2012 census and 886 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 94 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
27% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Of all households, 9.9% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. Cœur de Causse has fewer households in social housing than 91% of compared French towns, at 4%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in the town, 12%.
A −9% change since 2012: slower than 96% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and −7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Lot.
More residents aged 65 and over than 94% of compared French towns: 35%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cœur de Causse 56.8. The median compared French town: 44.
7.3% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 6.3% of households are single parents
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
On average, 1.8 people share a household. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 45%, more than in 83% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €25,450 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.
Living standards centre on €25,450 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Cœur de Causse ranks below 80% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 5.6%
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
Across Cœur de Causse, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Measured more widely, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cœur de Causse ranks below 69% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.5%
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 Cœur de Causse, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
Married residents make up 45% in Cœur de Causse, more than in 67% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Cœur de Causse. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Cœur de Causse, less than in 73% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Cœur de Causse, 22%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 886 to 2,582 people
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.
Median age: 1 of the 5 towns around Cœur de Causse are older
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 Cœur de Causse
What is the population of Cœur de Causse?
886 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (975).
How old are Cœur de Causse’s residents?
The median age is 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cœur de Causse?
220, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cœur de Causse?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cœur de Causse?
€25,450 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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