In Cabanès, 1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The median age in Cabanès is 50.5, higher than in 85% of compared French towns. The town counted 284 residents and 130 households at the 2023 Census. Households without a car make up about one in 42 here (2.4%). Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, just over half of households are headed by a retired person here.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Cabanès
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cabanès, 27% of its 200 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Cabanès had 229 residents at the 2012 census and 284 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Cabanès, 27% of homes are second homes, 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
The figure for empty homes is 9.5% in Cabanès and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households in social housing at 2.4% here. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Growth of +24% since 2012 puts Cabanès ahead of 93% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aveyron town +1%. The first five years brought +10%; the six to 2023, +13%.
30% of residents are 65 or over, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cabanès 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 9.5%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Cabanès sits below 86% of compared French towns for one-person households (28%)
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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Cabanès, 7.6% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over a fifth of households are couples with children here.
A typical living standard of €22,170 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 €22,170 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 89% of compared French towns, at 7.4%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.7% of residents are immigrants, below 95% 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.
In Cabanès, 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aveyron has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Cabanès ranks below 86% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
The figure for married residents is 48% in Cabanès and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification: 20%, a higher share than 57% 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
For Cabanès, the census puts graduates of higher education at 29%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (284 to 2,582 people), the 13th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Cabanès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabanès | 50.5 | 30% | 27% | 1.7% |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 9.3 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 11.6 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 12.8 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Luc-la-Primaube 6,046 · 14.6 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 15.5 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 16.3 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
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 Cabanès
What is the population of Cabanès?
284 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (229).
How old are Cabanès’ residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cabanès?
52, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cabanès?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cabanès?
€22,170 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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