Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Salviac is over 58.5
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Salviac has 1.6%. Here, 47% of households are headed by a retired person. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 6%, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Salviac was home to 1,231 people in 600 households.
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 Salviac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 200 second homes and occasional dwellings in Salviac, 21% of its 960 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Salviac’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 160 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Salviac sits above 93% of compared French towns for second homes (21%)
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 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Salviac has 8.9%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 16% of homes stand empty in the town.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 67% 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%.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 37% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Salviac 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7%, Salviac is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
37% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly one in ten households are single parents.
Median living standard: €23,090 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,090 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
7.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 64% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 12%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. Typically, nearly one in ten 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).
Salviac sits above 84% of compared French towns for immigrants (14%)
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 higher than in 84% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 93% 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
46% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Salviac, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 73% 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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Salviac. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,231 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 5 towns nearest Salviac, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salviac | 58.5 | 37% | 21% | 14% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 6.7 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Prayssac 2,519 · 12.8 mi | 62.3 | 45% | 12% | 9.4% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 14.3 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Pradines 3,617 · 16.4 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 2.8% | 9.7% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 17.9 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
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 Salviac
What is the population of Salviac?
1,231 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,224).
How old are Salviac’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salviac?
200, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salviac?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salviac?
€23,090 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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