Saint-Projet is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.7
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Saint-Projet, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 49%. The town is home to 363 residents in 180 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car is 2.3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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-Projet
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 60 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Projet, 21% of its 290 homes: higher than in 93% 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 Saint-Projet’s residents are under 55.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 54 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
2.4% of homes are flats, below 99% 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
Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Saint-Projet has 21%. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: 18% of homes stand empty.
A −3% change since 2012: slower than 80% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Lot town −1%. The first five years brought −8%; the six to 2023, +6%.
Saint-Projet ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Projet 55.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Saint-Projet, 34%. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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 smaller share of single-parent households than 97% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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-person households: 29%, below 79% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On the census count, just over a fifth of households are couples with children.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,880 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.
At €25,880 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Saint-Projet sits below 85% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (8.4%)
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 account for 8.3%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 64% of compared French towns, at 5.9%
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.
That is higher than in 50% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. Census figures put immigrants at 6.5% in Saint-Projet.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 19% in Saint-Projet, less than in 96% 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
Married residents: 48% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 363 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 1 of 4 towns have older populations than Saint-Projet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Projet | 55.7 | 34% | 21% | 6.5% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 5.7 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 10.6 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 11.6 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 16.8 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
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-Projet
What is the population of Saint-Projet?
363 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (373).
How old are Saint-Projet’s residents?
The median age is 55.7, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Projet?
60, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Projet?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Projet?
€25,880 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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