A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1%
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Tauriac. At 4.3%, the share of flats is lower than in 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 473, in 210 households. 6% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 17.
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 Tauriac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 71 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tauriac, 25% of its 290 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Tauriac had 397 residents at the 2012 census and 473 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Tauriac: 25% of homes are second homes, above 94% of compared French towns
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
With households in social housing at 1.5%, Tauriac is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. Add to that, 4.3% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
+19% since 2012, a pace 89% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +13%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Lot town −1%.
In Tauriac, 25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 68% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tauriac 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Tauriac’s residents are over 44.4, older than in 52% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 31%, more than in 81% of compared French towns. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 10%.
The median resident lives on €23,910 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,910 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Tauriac: 34% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 25% in Tauriac and 32% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 4.2%, a lower share than 72% 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.
Here, 4% of residents are foreign nationals. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Tauriac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 16%
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
Married people make up 47% and PACS partners 11%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 6.2% are widowed. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 91% 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
Fewer adults with no qualification than in 55% of compared French towns: 18%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (473 to 2,582 people), the 16th youngest
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.
Tauriac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tauriac | 44.4 | 25% | 25% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 7.2 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 9.5 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 14.4 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 15.3 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
| Cosnac 3,044 · 17.8 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
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 Tauriac
What is the population of Tauriac?
473 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (397).
How old are Tauriac’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tauriac?
71, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tauriac?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tauriac?
€23,910 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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