Sainte-Colombe sits below 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.7%)
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children account for 16%. At the 2023 Census, 236 people lived in Sainte-Colombe, in 100 households. Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 6.6% of homes are flats here.
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 Sainte-Colombe
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sainte-Colombe, 19% of its 150 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 ↓
Growing fast
Sainte-Colombe had 200 residents at the 2012 census and 236 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 19 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
Households without a car make up 7.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 12%. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 7.9%, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Sainte-Colombe has grown +18%, faster than 87% 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 median Lot town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six +13%.
26% of residents are 65 or over, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sainte-Colombe 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Sainte-Colombe’s residents are over 46.3, older than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 29% of households are one person living alone
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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Sainte-Colombe sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €22,550 a year in standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,550 a year: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Sainte-Colombe sits above 81% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (39%)
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 62% of compared French towns: 16%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.3% in Sainte-Colombe, less than in 98% 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.
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. The median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 84% of compared French towns: 48%
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, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 77% 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 adults with no qualification tops 70% of compared French towns: 23%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (236 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Sainte-Colombe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Colombe | 46.3 | 26% | 19% | 1.3% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 7.6 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 10.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 11.3 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 14.6 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 16 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 17.5 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 Sainte-Colombe
What is the population of Sainte-Colombe?
236 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (200).
How old are Sainte-Colombe’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Colombe?
30, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Colombe?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Colombe?
€22,550 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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