Tardes sits above 99% of compared French towns for empty homes (27%)
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 93% of compared French towns: 45%. Census day 2023: 119 residents and 56 households in Tardes. In Tardes, 5.4% of households have no car. One-person households are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Tardes
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tardes, 27% of its 120 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Tardes had 148 residents at the 2012 census and 119 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 32 homes empty (27%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 27% of homes are second homes
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in 19, where the median compared French town has 11%.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Tardes: −20%
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 first five years brought −7%; the six to 2023, −14%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Creuse town −5%.
A median age of 48: Tardes is older than 74% 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
■ Tardes 48. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 64% of compared French towns: 10%. Still, more residents aged 65 and over than in 67% of compared French towns: 25%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 61% of compared French towns: 27%
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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€21,610 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €21,610 a year: lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Tardes ranks above 85% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 18%
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 Tardes, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. On average, nearly one in ten 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).
Foreign nationals make up 7.5% in Tardes, more than in 72% 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.
Immigrants: 8.3% here and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 26%, a higher share than 55% 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
For Tardes, the census puts married residents at 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
21% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 58% 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
For Tardes, the census puts graduates of higher education at 29%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 119 to 2,582 people, 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Tardes: 4 of the 5 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Tardes
What is the population of Tardes?
119 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (148).
How old are Tardes’ residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tardes?
32, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tardes?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (7.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tardes?
€21,610 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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