Fewer households in social housing than 96% of compared French towns: 2.4%
Households headed by a manual worker: 23%, above 92% of compared French towns. Puybrun is home to 984 residents in 510 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 9.9% of homes are second homes. With a median age of 50.5, Puybrun is older than 84% 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 Puybrun
Empty homes
The census found 95 homes empty (14%): 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 growing town: +8% since 2012, faster than 65% 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
In two steps, +11% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Lot.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 77% of compared French towns, at 27%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Puybrun 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.3%, Puybrun is behind 75% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Single-parent households: 6.9%, a lower share than 90% 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 make up 44%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Couples with children make up about one in five here (22%).
Puybrun sits above 94% of compared French towns for empty homes (14%)
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
By its share of households without a car (7.1%), Puybrun is below 72% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Flats make up about one in ten here (9.6%).
Median living standard: €25,150 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.
Living standards centre on €25,150 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Puybrun sits above 67% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (36%)
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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Puybrun has 6.9%. On average, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 80% of compared French towns: 3.2%
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 share of foreign nationals is 1.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 41% of residents 15 and over are married in Puybrun
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
On the census count, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Puybrun sits below 78% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (22%)
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
Adults with no qualification account for 20%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 13th 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 Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Puybrun
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puybrun | 50.5 | 27% | 9.9% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 6.6 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 10.1 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 14.5 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 15.4 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 Puybrun
What is the population of Puybrun?
984 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (907).
How old are Puybrun’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 84% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puybrun?
66, with occasional dwellings: 9.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puybrun?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puybrun?
€25,150 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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