Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Payrignac is over 54.6
1.6% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). On households in social housing, Payrignac sits lower than 94% of compared French towns: 2.9%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 651, in 330 households. Flats make up about one in 28 here (3.6%).
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 Payrignac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 83 second homes and occasional dwellings in Payrignac, 19% of its 450 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Payrignac’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Payrignac had 710 residents at the 2012 census and 651 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 7.5% here, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns. Car-free households: one in 13, where the median compared French town has 11%.
A −8% change since 2012: slower than 95% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −5%; 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Payrignac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 3.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Payrignac 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 30% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Payrignac sits below 68% of compared French towns for couples with children (21%)
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
Each household has 2 people on average. One-person households are more common here than in 55% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €25,620 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.
Half of Payrignac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,620 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 40% of households are headed by a retired person
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 make up 6.3%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households headed by a manual worker: 9.5% here, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns. 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).
5.9% of Payrignac’s 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.
Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.9%). That is lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%. Little separates the share of foreign nationals here, 4.7%, from the figure 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.
Only 14% of residents 15 and over are single in Payrignac
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
In Payrignac, half of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns: 24%
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
The census found that nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Payrignac. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 651 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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 Payrignac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payrignac | 54.6 | 30% | 19% | 5.9% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 2.4 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 10.8 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 11.2 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 Payrignac
What is the population of Payrignac?
651 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (710).
How old are Payrignac’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Payrignac?
83, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Payrignac?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Payrignac?
€25,620 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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