A median age of 49.7: Pradines is older than 82% of compared French towns
The share of couples with children is 20%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Pradines’s population at 3,617, in 1,710 households. Locally, just over a fifth of households rent social housing (HLM). Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 42%, more 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 58% of compared French towns grew faster than Pradines: +3%
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
Over those years, the median Lot town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 84% of compared French towns: 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pradines 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.8%, Pradines is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
Pradines ranks above 83% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 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: 2.1 people. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Pradines has fewer one-person households than 54% of compared French towns, at 34%.
Flats make up 21% in Pradines, less than in 67% 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
One household in 10 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 2.8%, more than in 60% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for flats is 30% in the typical compared French town. In Pradines, nearly one in ten households have no car.
Median living standard: €26,210 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 Pradines’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,210 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 52% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 15.0% of residents are below the line.
Households headed by a manual worker: 12%, a lower share than 66% 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: 8%, below nearly three fifths of compared French towns. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 9.7%, a higher share than 69% 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.
Foreign nationals account for 5.1%. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, below 71% 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer 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
Graduates of higher education: 33% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Neuilly-Crimolois to 61.5 in Plestin-les-Grèves.
1 of 2 neighbors are older than Pradines
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Pradines
What is the population of Pradines?
3,617 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (3,514).
How old are Pradines’ residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pradines?
54, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pradines?
INSEE counts 350 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.7% of residents, and 190 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pradines?
€26,210 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% 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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