A median age of 56.5: Saint-Perdoux is older than 96% of compared French towns
Here 5.9% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 45% in Saint-Perdoux. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Saint-Perdoux
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 41 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Perdoux, 27% of its 150 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 90% 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-Perdoux’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 27%, a higher share than 94% 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
The share of empty homes tops 69% of compared French towns: 8.5%. On the census count, 7.1% of households have no car. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
+2% since 2012: slower than 61% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Lot town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +10%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%.
5.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 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
■ Saint-Perdoux 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 34% in Saint-Perdoux and 22% in the typical compared French town. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
45% of households are one person living alone, more than in 84% 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
There are 2 people in the average household. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Saint-Perdoux sits lower than 74% of compared French towns: 20%. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €25,320 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,320 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 5%, a lower share than 96% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Saint-Perdoux has 5%. On average, 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).
0.5% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 99% 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.
2.6% of residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). That is lower than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Married residents make up 41% in Saint-Perdoux, less than in 63% 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
Locally, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Perdoux sits above 75% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (38%)
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
Roughly two in ten: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Saint-Perdoux is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Perdoux | 56.5 | 34% | 27% | 2.6% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 4.6 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 7.4 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 12.7 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 14 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 14.9 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 17.3 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 Saint-Perdoux
What is the population of Saint-Perdoux?
196 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (192).
How old are Saint-Perdoux’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Perdoux?
41, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Perdoux?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Perdoux?
€25,320 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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