A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.5%
2% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. Teilhet is home to 162 residents in 68 households, by the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households are couples with children.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Teilhet
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Teilhet, 26% of its 98 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 26% in Teilhet, more than in 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
Here 5.1% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.4% (under two years). By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ariège town +2%.
Half of Teilhet is over 49.2, older than 80% 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
■ Teilhet 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The census found that 27% of residents are 65 or over in Teilhet.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 7.7% in Teilhet, less than in 83% 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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.4 people. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. About one in three: that is how common one-person households are in Teilhet (31%).
€25,380 a year: the median 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.
At €25,380 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 94% of compared French towns: 46%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Teilhet, 23%. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker account for 7.7%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.1% of residents are foreign nationals, below 63% 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.
That is lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
28% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 71% 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
By its share of married residents (46%), Teilhet is above 69% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Adults with no qualification: 10%, a lower share than 95% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Teilhet comes in at 37%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (162 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Teilhet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teilhet | 49.2 | 27% | 26% | 6.2% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 4.9 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 6.3 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 7.7 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 8 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 8.4 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 11.6 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
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 Teilhet
What is the population of Teilhet?
162 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (161).
How old are Teilhet’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Teilhet?
25, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Teilhet?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Teilhet?
€25,380 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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