Linac is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.1
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 4% of households have no car here. Census day 2023: 233 residents and 120 households in Linac. Locally, 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). On households headed by a manager or professional, Linac sits lower than 93% of compared French towns: 3.9%.
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 Linac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Linac, 21% of its 160 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Linac’s residents are under 57.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 2.2% of homes are flats in Linac
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 typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Linac, 21%. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 5.9%, fewer than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
A change of +1% since 2012 leaves Linac behind 66% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Lot town −1%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Linac 57.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Linac has 34%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 89% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Average household size: 2 people. Fewer couples with children than in 77% of compared French towns: 19%. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents. One-person households make up 36%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €25,850 a year in standard of living
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 €25,850 a year: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Linac sits below 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (19%)
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
9.6% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Linac ranks above 74% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 7.9%
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 higher than in 62% of compared French towns. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 8.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Linac, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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 figure for married residents is 47% in Linac and 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Linac, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 71% 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
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 233 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Linac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linac | 57.1 | 34% | 21% | 8.3% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 6.1 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 7.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 10.1 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 11.7 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 17 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
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 Linac
What is the population of Linac?
233 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (231).
How old are Linac’s residents?
The median age is 57.1, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Linac?
33, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Linac?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (7.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Linac?
€25,850 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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