Half of Padirac is over 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 5.6% of households are single parents here. Padirac is home to 182 residents in 91 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put households in social housing at 1.1% here. At 5.4%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 85% 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 Padirac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Padirac, 25% of its 130 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Padirac’s residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
2.2% of homes are flats, below 99% 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
A quarter of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Higher than in half of compared French towns: 6.7% of homes stand empty. Against that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 74% of compared French towns: Padirac changed by −1% 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
In two steps, −14% to 2017 and +15% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Lot.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of compared French towns, at 8.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Padirac 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 30%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
In Padirac, 17% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 86% 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
One-person households: 28% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2 people on average.
A median of €25,140 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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,140 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
28% of households are headed by a retired person, below 75% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 11% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a third 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).
In Padirac, 6.6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 67% 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.
The median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 61% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. Here, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 15% in Padirac, less than in 99% 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 57% in Padirac and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Padirac ranks above 63% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 34%
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
Roughly two in ten: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 182 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 2 of the 3 towns around Padirac are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Padirac | 52.7 | 30% | 25% | 8.2% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 5.1 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 6.7 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 14.2 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
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 Padirac
What is the population of Padirac?
182 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (184).
How old are Padirac’s residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Padirac?
33, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Padirac?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (6.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Padirac?
€25,140 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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