Half of Saint-Céré is over 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person: 42% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Saint-Céré had 3,429 residents in 1,910 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 7.6% of homes are second homes in the town. Higher than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 18% of households have no car.
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-Céré
An older town
Half of Saint-Céré’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
52% of Saint-Céré’s households are one person: higher than in 96% of compared French towns; 38% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 420 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 82% of compared French towns grew faster than Saint-Céré: −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 96% of compared French towns: 36%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Céré 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
8.8% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
A lower share of couples with children than 94% of compared French towns, at 14%
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 in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 7.3% in Saint-Céré. On the census count, 52% of households are one person living alone. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Céré sits above 97% of compared French towns for empty homes (17%)
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
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 5.9% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Put another way, about one in three: 33% of homes are flats.
At the median, €23,780 a year to live on
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 Saint-Céré’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,780 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 19.0% of residents.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 74% of compared French towns, at 6.3%
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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Céré, 6.4% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 66% 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.
The figure for immigrants is 8% in Saint-Céré and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 72% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Saint-Céré comes in at 27%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In Saint-Céré, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 67% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 27%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,404 to 3,455 people), the 7th 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 Moult-Chicheboville (35.9), the oldest Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan (58.7).
Saint-Céré is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Céré | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 9.7 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 16.8 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
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-Céré
What is the population of Saint-Céré?
3,429 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (3,540).
How old are Saint-Céré’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Céré?
190, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Céré?
INSEE counts 270 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 220 foreign nationals (6.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Céré?
€23,780 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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