A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 39%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Saint-Bressou is home to 124 residents in 56 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 3.6% of households have no car. Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Saint-Bressou has 18%.
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 Saint-Bressou
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Bressou, 39% of its 99 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Saint-Bressou’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2%
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
4% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Flats: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Slower growth than 67% of compared French towns: Saint-Bressou changed by +1% 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
In two steps, −7% to 2017 and +9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Lot.
A median age of 51.3: Saint-Bressou is older than 87% 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
■ Saint-Bressou 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Saint-Bressou, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 88% of compared French towns: 27%
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: 2.2 people. 9.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €23,180 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 €23,180 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 82% of compared French towns: 9.1%
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
27% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 11 here (9.1%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.7% of residents in Saint-Bressou 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.
About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Saint-Bressou (5.7%). That is lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%. Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 4.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Bressou: 48% of residents 15 and over are married, above 82% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 84% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification in Saint-Bressou. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 124 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Saint-Bressou, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Bressou | 51.3 | 22% | 39% | 5.7% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 6.6 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 10.2 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 11.9 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 13.3 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 16.6 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 17.9 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 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 Saint-Bressou
What is the population of Saint-Bressou?
124 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (123).
How old are Saint-Bressou’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Bressou?
39, with occasional dwellings: 39% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Bressou?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Bressou?
€23,180 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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