Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Payrac is over 58
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 1.4%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Payrac’s 350 households held 669 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, 4.2% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 5.2%, fewer 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 Payrac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Payrac, 25% of its 550 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 88% 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 Payrac’s residents are under 58 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 65 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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
13% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in eight: 12% of homes stand empty.
+5% since 2012: slower than 51% 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
Residents aged 65 and over: 38%, a higher share than 97% 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
■ Payrac 58. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (6%), Payrac is below 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Payrac sits below 85% of compared French towns for couples with children (17%)
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: 1.9 people. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 88% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, the share of one-person households tops 62% of compared French towns: 38%.
The median resident lives on €23,410 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 median standard of living in Payrac is €23,410 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
52% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 98% 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
At 13%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is lower than in 57% of compared French towns. Typically, 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).
More foreign nationals than 70% of compared French towns: 7.1%
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 8% of residents are immigrants in Payrac. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 15% of residents 15 and over are single in Payrac
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
With married residents at 52%, Payrac is ahead of 97% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Payrac, 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 84% 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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 669 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Payrac, 1 of 4 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payrac | 58 | 38% | 25% | 8% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 5.8 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 7.2 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 12.9 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 13.8 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
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 Payrac
What is the population of Payrac?
669 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (639).
How old are Payrac’s residents?
The median age is 58, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Payrac?
140, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Payrac?
INSEE counts 54 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 47 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Payrac?
€23,410 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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