A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 31%
The figure for flats is 1.5% in Tourtouse and 30% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24: 3.4% of the total. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 18%, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. 169 residents in 82 households: that is Tourtouse at the 2023 Census.
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 Tourtouse
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 43 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tourtouse, 31% of its 140 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% 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.
Households without a car make up 2.4% in Tourtouse, less than in 99% 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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 25% have been in their home 30 years or more. At 1.2%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. By its share of empty homes (9.1%), Tourtouse is above 73% of compared French towns.
A growing town: +12% since 2012, faster than 75% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Ariège town, the change came in two steps: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then +16% to 2023.
Half of Tourtouse is over 46.8, older than 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
■ Tourtouse 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Tourtouse, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Only 5.9% of households are single parents in Tourtouse
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
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Tourtouse has 41%. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €19,450 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 Tourtouse’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €19,450 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
Tourtouse ranks below 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 5.9%
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 35% in Tourtouse and 32% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Tourtouse: 6.3% of residents are immigrants
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 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. Foreign nationals account for 3.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Here two in five residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Tourtouse, 5.9% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 99% 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 Tourtouse comes in at 43%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 169 to 2,582
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.
Around Tourtouse, 4 of 5 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourtouse | 46.8 | 24% | 31% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 7.5 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 6.7% | 9.1% |
| Cazères 4,854 · 8.7 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.5% | 7.8% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 9.2 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Rieux-Volvestre 2,639 · 11.9 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| Carbonne 5,563 · 15.3 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 5.9% |
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 Tourtouse
What is the population of Tourtouse?
169 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (151).
How old are Tourtouse’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tourtouse?
43, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tourtouse?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tourtouse?
€19,450 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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