A median age of 56.5: Soturac is older than 96% of compared French towns
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 1.2% of homes are flats in Soturac. 644 residents in 310 households: that is Soturac at the 2023 Census. Here, 4.8% of households are single parents. 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 Soturac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 96 second homes and occasional dwellings in Soturac, 23% of its 420 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Soturac’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
23% of homes in Soturac are second homes
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
Of all households, 7.8% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more. Households without a car are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 4.1% in Soturac.
Soturac changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 70% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Lot town −1%.
Soturac sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.1%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Soturac 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 33% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Couples with children: 19%, a lower share than 78% 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
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Soturac, 33%. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people.
A median standard of living of €23,930 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 €23,930 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Soturac sits above 95% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (47%)
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 9.6%, Soturac is behind 79% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 9.7%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Soturac, 6.6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 67% 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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 8.3% in Soturac. That is higher than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of 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.
Soturac ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Soturac has 48%. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Soturac sits below 91% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (18%)
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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (644 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Soturac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Soturac
What is the population of Soturac?
644 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (644).
How old are Soturac’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soturac?
96, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soturac?
INSEE counts 54 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (6.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Soturac?
€23,930 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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