Couples with children make up 13% in Figeac, less than in 96% of compared French towns
In Figeac, 29% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Roughly five in ten: 48% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 37%, more than in 71% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 9,793 residents and 5,390 households locally.
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 Figeac
Many people living alone
53% of Figeac’s households are one person: higher than in 97% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 980 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.
Slower growth than 69% of compared French towns: Figeac changed by ±0% since 2012
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 median Lot town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six ±0%.
Half of Figeac is over 48.2, older than 75% 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
■ Figeac 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 13% in Figeac and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Figeac: 53% of households are one person living alone, above 97% 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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are single parents in Figeac. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
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
In the last two years, 18% of households moved in; at the other end, 17% have stayed 30 years or more. Compared with other places, households without a car are common here: 20%, more than in 82% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 4.3% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
€24,940 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €24,940 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 61% of compared French towns. 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Households headed by a manual worker: 12%, a lower share than 63% 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
More households headed by a manager or professional than in 52% of compared French towns: 9.7%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 69% of compared French towns: 6.9% of residents are foreign nationals
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 share of immigrants tops 64% of compared French towns: 8.7%. By way of comparison, 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.
Figeac sits below 90% of compared French towns for married residents (35%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Figeac has 32%. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Figeac, 35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 67% 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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 9,610 to 9,983 people: this is the 9th 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 Montlhéry (34.7), the youngest, and Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque (54.6), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Figeac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Figeac | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 3.6 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 11.5 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 12.3 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 17.8 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 Figeac
What is the population of Figeac?
9,793 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (9,783).
How old are Figeac’s residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Figeac?
290, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Figeac?
INSEE counts 860 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.7% of residents, and 680 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Figeac?
€24,940 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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