28% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
The share of flats is 2.9%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 3.1% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. Salles-Courbatiès’s 230 households held 480 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 7.3% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Salles-Courbatiès
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 96 second homes and occasional dwellings in Salles-Courbatiès, 28% of its 340 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Salles-Courbatiès had 408 residents at the 2012 census and 480 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of households in social housing than 96% of compared French towns, at 2.2%
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
Turnover: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Salles-Courbatiès sits close to the norm on empty homes: 6.7%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Growth of +18% since 2012 puts Salles-Courbatiès ahead of 87% 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 change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +15% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aveyron town +1%.
In Salles-Courbatiès, 30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% 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
■ Salles-Courbatiès 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 48.8, Salles-Courbatiès is older than 78% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 91% of compared French towns, at 6.8%
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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are one person living alone in Salles-Courbatiès. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
The median resident lives on €23,720 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,720 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Salles-Courbatiès: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 85% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 6.8%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Still, 39% of households are headed by a retired person, a higher share than in 80% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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).
6% of Salles-Courbatiès’ 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.
5% of residents are foreign nationals. That is lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aveyron has 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Salles-Courbatiès ranks below 97% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Salles-Courbatiès comes in at 48%. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Salles-Courbatiès sits below 66% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (16%)
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
Roughly three in ten: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 480 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 4 of the 5 towns around Salles-Courbatiès are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salles-Courbatiès | 48.8 | 30% | 28% | 6% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 6.4 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 9.1 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 9.5 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 9.5 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 10.2 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
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 Salles-Courbatiès
What is the population of Salles-Courbatiès?
480 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (408).
How old are Salles-Courbatiès’ residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salles-Courbatiès?
96, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salles-Courbatiès?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salles-Courbatiès?
€23,720 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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