Half of Tayrac is over 56.4, older than 95% of compared French towns
56% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. At the 2023 Census Tayrac was home to 188 people in 90 households. Locally, 2.2% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Tayrac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 29 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tayrac, 22% of its 130 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Tayrac’s residents are under 56.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 6% of homes are flats here. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of homes stand empty.
+15% since 2012, a pace 81% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 those years, the median Aveyron town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then +7% to 2023.
In Tayrac, 4.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Tayrac 56.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Tayrac has 33%. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 64% 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
The share of one-person households is 39%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people. More single-parent households than in 66% of compared French towns: 11%. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €21,480 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.
Living standards centre on €21,480 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Only 5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Tayrac
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Tayrac. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 63% of compared French towns, at 5.9%
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.
Here, 6.4% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 51% 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.
In Tayrac, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 82% 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
The figure for single residents is 23% in Tayrac and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 61% 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
Here, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (188 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Tayrac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tayrac | 56.4 | 33% | 22% | 6.4% |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 10.9 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 11.4 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 12.6 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 14.6 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 16.4 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 16.5 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
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 Tayrac
What is the population of Tayrac?
188 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (164).
How old are Tayrac’s residents?
The median age is 56.4, older than 95% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tayrac?
29, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tayrac?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tayrac?
€21,480 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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