Saillac is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 59.7
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Saillac is home to 148 residents in 79 households, by the 2023 Census. 56% of households are headed by a retired person. Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Saillac has 5.1%.
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 Saillac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 56 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saillac, 38% of its 150 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Saillac’s residents are under 59.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saillac had 155 residents at the 2012 census and 148 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 38% of its homes
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
23% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.4% moved in within the last two years. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes stand empty here.
Slower growth than 86% of compared French towns: Saillac changed by −5% since 2012
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 +3%; 2017 to 2023, −7%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 43%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saillac 59.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.8%, below 98% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Saillac sits below 97% of compared French towns for couples with children (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
Each household has 1.9 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. The share of one-person households is 38%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
A median of €23,550 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.
Half of Saillac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,550 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 13% in Saillac, less than in 60% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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).
Foreign nationals: 6.1%, a higher share than 65% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. In Saillac, 6.8% 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with other places, single residents are scarce here: 24%, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Saillac sits below 71% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (15%)
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
On graduates of higher education, Saillac sits higher than 52% of compared French towns: 31%. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (148 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Saillac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saillac | 59.7 | 43% | 38% | 6.8% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 13.7 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Caussade 6,803 · 16 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 3.1% | 8.8% |
| Cahors 20,050 · 17.5 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 6.1% | 12% |
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 Saillac
What is the population of Saillac?
148 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (155).
How old are Saillac’s residents?
The median age is 59.7, older than 98% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saillac?
56, with occasional dwellings: 38% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saillac?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (6.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saillac?
€23,550 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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