Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Rouffilhac is over 59.5
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Rouffilhac, 14%. The town had 203 residents in 110 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 1.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). Households without a car are rarer here than in 93% 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 Rouffilhac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 51 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rouffilhac, 30% of its 170 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Rouffilhac’s residents are under 59.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Rouffilhac had 173 residents at the 2012 census and 203 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Rouffilhac, 30% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 12%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 1.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. At 6%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Rouffilhac’s population changed by +17% since 2012, more than in 86% 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 +8%; 2017 to 2023, +9%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Lot town −1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.3%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Rouffilhac 59.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 36% of residents are 65 or over here. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
4.5% of households are single parents, below 99% 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
A household here holds 1.9 people on average. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 38%, more than in 61% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €24,560 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.
The median standard of living in Rouffilhac is €24,560 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 43% in Rouffilhac, more than in 90% 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: 4.4%, below 90% of compared French towns. 8.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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).
A higher share of immigrants than 83% of compared French towns, at 14%
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: 12% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
Rouffilhac ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 55%
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 single residents is 19% in Rouffilhac and 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Rouffilhac ranks below 84% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 13%
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
Here 33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 203 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Rouffilhac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouffilhac | 59.5 | 36% | 30% | 14% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 4.3 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 7.7 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 11.5 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 15.5 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
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 Rouffilhac
What is the population of Rouffilhac?
203 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (173).
How old are Rouffilhac’s residents?
The median age is 59.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouffilhac?
51, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouffilhac?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rouffilhac?
€24,560 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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