Photo: Henk Monster · CC BY 3.0A median age of 59.4: Gourdon is older than 98% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 50% in Gourdon and 32% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 12% of households are couples with children in the town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 85% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 4,206, in 2,240 households.
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 Gourdon
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 380 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gourdon, 13% of its 3,040 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 76% 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 Gourdon’s residents are under 59.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
47% of Gourdon’s households are one person: higher than in 89% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 420 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 13% in Gourdon, more than in 90% 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
Without a car: one household in seven, against 11% in the median compared French town. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 14%. Households without a car are more common here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Gourdon changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, slower 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
The change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 40%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gourdon 59.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24 in Gourdon. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
A larger share of one-person households than 89% of compared French towns: 47%
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 figure for single-parent households is 7.4% in Gourdon and 10% in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.8 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The median resident lives on €24,040 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,040 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 71% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 19.0% of residents are below the line.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 80% of compared French towns: 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
9.5% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. By way of comparison, 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).
Above 68% of compared French towns: 9.5% 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.
Foreign nationals: 7.1% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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.
Below 65% of compared French towns: 41% of residents 15 and over are married
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 stands at 25%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification in Gourdon. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 4,173 to 4,239
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 Salouël (32.5), the youngest, and Le Pouliguen (67.6), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Gourdon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gourdon | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 12 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 13.2 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 17.3 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
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 Gourdon
What is the population of Gourdon?
4,206 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (4,406).
How old are Gourdon’s residents?
The median age is 59.4, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gourdon?
380, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gourdon?
INSEE counts 400 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.5% of residents, and 300 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gourdon?
€24,040 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% 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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