Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add health to its strengths (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for jobs & income and C+ for walkability. Second homes make up 29% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Sousceyrac-en-Quercy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Sousceyrac-en-Quercy with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sousceyrac-en-Quercy.
Who lives here
Few people in Sousceyrac-en-Quercy are 15 to 24: 4.4%, fewer than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns
People 65 and over make up just over two fifths of the town, higher than both Lot’s towns (35%) and compared French towns (22%). One measure of family life: 11% of residents are under 15. Typical age in Sousceyrac-en-Quercy: 60.3, the median.
60.3median age
Sousceyrac-en-QuercyLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
41%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Sousceyrac-en-Quercy costs less than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.37/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €985/m²: 46 houses and apartments sold in Sousceyrac-en-Quercy between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 46 homes were sold here.
€985/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sousceyrac-en-Quercy€985/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot median€1,564/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€985/m²
46
€8.37/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.43 to €10.90/m² a month)
2.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,590
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Deaths in Sousceyrac-en-Quercy run below what its ages would predict: 80 per 100 expected, fewer than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Lot, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.1 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 363 residents of Sousceyrac-en-Quercy died, against 312 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more. The nearest emergency department to Sousceyrac-en-Quercy is Centre hospitalier Saint Cere Hop Proximite, 7.2 mi away. This Lot town has 3 family doctors.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw116
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Sousceyrac-en-Quercy · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Saint Cere Hop Proximite
20.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac
85.1 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lot, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Sousceyrac-en-Quercy keeps more of its old housing than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 34% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 15th century. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 1993. The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Sousceyrac-en-Quercy; none is classé, France’s top protection.
2historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit2
15th c.
oldest protected part
1989
first monument protected
1993
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Sousceyrac-en-Quercy has lower unemployment than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 4.7%
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 11.2% of commuters at the census. Jobs located in Sousceyrac-en-Quercy: 350, for 500 residents in work (0.7 each). The median disposable income was €22,340 a year per consumption unit, below both Lot’s towns (€24,345) and compared French towns (€25,970).
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot9%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
350
jobs based in Sousceyrac-en-Quercy, 0.7 per working resident
4.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 40% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sousceyrac-en-Quercy
Is Sousceyrac-en-Quercy safe?
Sousceyrac-en-Quercy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 2.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Sousceyrac-en-Quercy expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €985/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sousceyrac-en-Quercy grades A+ for cost of living.
About Sousceyrac-en-Quercy
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Sousceyrac-en-Quercy is a commune of 1,328 people in the Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Population
1,328 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
