Photo: F. Lavie · CC BY-SA 3.0Couples with children make up 12% in Tulle, less than in 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Tulle, 15%. The town counted 13,401 residents and 7,220 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put second homes at 5.8% locally. On households headed by a retired person, Tulle sits higher than 79% of compared French towns: 38%.
Throughout this page, the Corrèze 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 Tulle
Many people living alone
56% of Tulle’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 44% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 1,520 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Tulle had 14,336 residents at the 2012 census and 13,401 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−7% since 2012: slower than 92% 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
In two steps, +3% to 2017 and −10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Corrèze.
Tulle sits above 79% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (28%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tulle 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Tulle’s residents are over 46.9, older than in 69% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 56% of households are one person living alone
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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.7 people. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 70% of compared French towns: 8.8% of households are single parents.
Tulle ranks above 97% of compared French towns on empty homes: 16%
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
Here 20% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The share of flats stands at 62%. Lower than in three fifths of compared French towns: 10% of households rent social housing (HLM). Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,820 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.
Half of Tulle’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,820 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 20.0%.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 79% of compared French towns: 5.7%
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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 70% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Immigrants: 9.2% here and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 67% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Corrèze has 6.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 32% in Tulle, less than in 96% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of residents 15 and over are single in Tulle. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 60% of compared French towns: 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Few places have as many adults with no qualification: 19% here, more than in 50% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th oldest of 41 French towns of 13,012 to 13,803 people
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 30.2 in Fleury-Mérogis to 61.8 in Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez.
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Tulle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulle | 46.9 | 28% | 5.8% | 9.2% |
| Malemort 8,239 · 11.3 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3.4% | 6.5% |
| Donzenac 2,733 · 12 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Cosnac 3,044 · 12.7 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Ussac 4,322 · 13.3 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 47,095 · 13.8 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 14.3 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
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 Tulle
What is the population of Tulle?
13,401 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (14,336).
How old are Tulle’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tulle?
540, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tulle?
INSEE counts 1,230 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 940 foreign nationals (7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tulle?
€23,820 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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