33% of homes in Saint-Rome-de-Tarn are second homes
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Saint-Rome-de-Tarn has 2.6%. At the 2023 Census Saint-Rome-de-Tarn was home to 904 people in 400 households. The census found that 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 13%, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns.
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 Saint-Rome-de-Tarn
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Rome-de-Tarn, 33% of its 680 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 85% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Rome-de-Tarn’s residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 74% of compared French towns, at 9.3%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 12% (under two years). In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Saint-Rome-de-Tarn has fewer households without a car than just over two thirds of compared French towns, at 7.7%. One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
A +5% change since 2012: faster than 52% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Saint-Rome-de-Tarn is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Rome-de-Tarn 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
33% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. For Saint-Rome-de-Tarn, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.6%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-Rome-de-Tarn, 3.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. In Saint-Rome-de-Tarn, a third of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €26,070 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 €26,070 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 24%, a higher share than 95% 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
Here, 31% of households are headed by a retired person. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.1% in Saint-Rome-de-Tarn, less than in 80% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.4% in Saint-Rome-de-Tarn. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 89% 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
Here, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 29%, a lower share than 53% 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
Across Saint-Rome-de-Tarn, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 904 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.
Saint-Rome-de-Tarn is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Rome-de-Tarn | 52.8 | 33% | 33% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 6.3 mi | 49.9 | 30% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
| Millau 22,044 · 9.5 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
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 Saint-Rome-de-Tarn
What is the population of Saint-Rome-de-Tarn?
904 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (858).
How old are Saint-Rome-de-Tarn’s residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Rome-de-Tarn?
220, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Rome-de-Tarn?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Rome-de-Tarn?
€26,070 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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