Faycelles sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (24%)
Here 2.9% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The 2023 Census put Faycelles’s population at 740, in 340 households. The census found that 44% of households are headed by a retired person locally. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Faycelles
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Faycelles, 24% of its 460 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Faycelles’ residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Faycelles had 630 residents at the 2012 census and 740 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 3.8% of homes stand empty
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
Households without a car: 5.1% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 27% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A +17% change since 2012: faster than 86% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Lot.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.3%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Faycelles 51.4. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (27%), Faycelles is above just over three quarters of compared French towns. With a median age of 51.4, Faycelles is older than 87% of compared French towns. Against that, 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%.
A lower share of one-person households than 89% of compared French towns, at 27%
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 typical household size is 2.2 people. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households make up about one in 13 here (7.9%). Faycelles has more couples with children than 65% of compared French towns, at 28%.
A median standard of living of €28,020 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.
At €28,020 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 87% of compared French towns: 8%
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 65% of compared French towns: 4.8% of 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 nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Foreign nationals: 3.7% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 16% of residents 15 and over are single in Faycelles
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 43% in the typical compared French town, just over half of residents 15 and over are married in Faycelles. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 95% of compared French towns: 10%
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 37%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 740 to 2,582
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.
3 of 5 neighbors are older than Faycelles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faycelles | 51.4 | 27% | 24% | 4.8% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 3.5 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 4.2 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 12.8 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 13.2 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 14.9 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 Faycelles
What is the population of Faycelles?
740 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (630).
How old are Faycelles’ residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Faycelles?
110, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Faycelles?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Faycelles?
€28,020 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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