Saint-Sulpice is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.1
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Saint-Sulpice, 7.7% of households are couples with children. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 127, in 70 households. Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Saint-Sulpice has 46%.
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-Sulpice
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 51 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Sulpice, 39% of its 130 homes: higher than in 96% 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-Sulpice’s residents are under 58.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Sulpice had 144 residents at the 2012 census and 127 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 39%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Saint-Sulpice comes in at 2.3%. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. 4.5% of households have no car. At 6.1%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Saint-Sulpice has changed by −12%, slower than 98% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −12%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Lot town −1%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns, at 38%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Sulpice 58.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Saint-Sulpice has 8.4%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Sulpice: 46% of households are one person living alone, above 87% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 1.8 people on average.
15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 77% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Measured more widely, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Sulpice, 5.9% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 63% 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 median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.9%).
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 single residents than 82% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
At 44%, the share of married residents is higher than in 57% of compared French towns. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Saint-Sulpice ranks below 76% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Saint-Sulpice. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 127 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Sulpice
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sulpice | 58.1 | 38% | 39% | 5.9% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 11.8 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 14 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 14.2 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-Sulpice
What is the population of Saint-Sulpice?
127 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (144).
How old are Saint-Sulpice’s residents?
The median age is 58.1, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Sulpice?
51, with occasional dwellings: 39% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Sulpice?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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