Photo: Kickray · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 55.1: Gramat is older than 94% of compared French towns
Here 16% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In 2023, the Census found 3,512 residents in Gramat, living in 1,710 households. On the census count, 9.4% of homes are second homes. 4.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 87% 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 Gramat
An older town
Half of Gramat’s residents are under 55.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 340 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.
Gramat changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 77% 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 65 and over make up 36% in Gramat, more than in 95% 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
■ Gramat 55.1. The median compared French town: 44.
7.7% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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.
Fewer single-parent households than 97% of compared French towns: 5.8%
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
Households average 1.9 people. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. 44% of households are one person living alone, more than in 82% of compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 96% 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, 14% of households moved in; at the other end, 20% have stayed 30 years or more. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few flats: 21% here, fewer than in two thirds of compared French towns. What’s more, nearly one in ten households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%).
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,880 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,880 a year: lower than in 62% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 13.0% of residents.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 86% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Here 5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. 16% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 8.5% in Gramat, more than in 76% of compared French towns
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.
Nearly one in ten residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). 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.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer 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
The share of single residents trails 63% of compared French towns: 24%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Below 68% 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
Here 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,491 to 3,536 people), the 6th 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.
The youngest is Sainte-Geneviève (36.6), the oldest La Bernerie-en-Retz (61.4).
Gramat is younger than 1 of its 3 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gramat | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 9.7 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 14.9 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 17.3 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 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 Gramat
What is the population of Gramat?
3,512 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (3,576).
How old are Gramat’s residents?
The median age is 55.1, older than 94% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gramat?
210, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gramat?
INSEE counts 330 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.5% of residents, and 300 foreign nationals (8.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gramat?
€24,880 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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