A median age of 51.4: Capdenac-Gare is older than 87% of compared French towns
Here 17% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. 6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 75% of compared French towns. Capdenac-Gare’s 2,250 households held 4,440 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Capdenac-Gare, 5.9% of homes are second homes.
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 Capdenac-Gare
An older town
Half of Capdenac-Gare’s residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 350 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −1% since 2012, behind 73% 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 Aveyron town +1%.
Capdenac-Gare sits below 91% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.2%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Capdenac-Gare 51.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Capdenac-Gare has 30%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
A higher share of one-person households than 80% of compared French towns, at 43%
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
A household here holds 1.9 people on average. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. At 10%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Capdenac-Gare sits above 91% of compared French towns for empty homes (13%)
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 share of households in social housing is 6.3%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Across Capdenac-Gare, 29% of homes are flats.
€24,050 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €24,050 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 71% of compared French towns. 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
37% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 74% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Capdenac-Gare has 18%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Capdenac-Gare, 6.1% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 64% 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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Capdenac-Gare comes in at 7.9%. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 83% of compared French towns: 37%
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
In Capdenac-Gare, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns: 23%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Capdenac-Gare, 22%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 4,396 to 4,484 people, the 6th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Guignes (35.7), the youngest, and Valras-Plage (67), the oldest.
3 of 4 neighbors are older than Capdenac-Gare
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capdenac-Gare | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 3.6 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 8.6 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 9.1 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 15.2 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
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 Capdenac-Gare
What is the population of Capdenac-Gare?
4,440 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (4,474).
How old are Capdenac-Gare’s residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Capdenac-Gare?
160, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Capdenac-Gare?
INSEE counts 350 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 270 foreign nationals (6.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Capdenac-Gare?
€24,050 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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