Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Arbon is over 60.7
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Arbon has 4%. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 70%, more than in 99% of compared French towns. The town’s 48 households held 93 residents at the 2023 Census. Flats account for 1%.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Garonne 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 Arbon
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 50 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arbon, 51% of its 99 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Arbon’s residents are under 60.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 51% of its 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Arbon, the census puts empty homes at 1%. Some just over one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 32% who have been there 30 years or more.
Arbon’s population moved +2% on 2012, less than in 61% 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 median Haute-Garonne town changed +15% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +12% and the next six −9%.
1% 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
■ Arbon 60.7. The median compared French town: 44.
39% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Arbon sits below 74% of compared French towns for couples with children (20%)
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 Haute-Garonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 40%, above 69% of compared French towns. Single-parent households: 10% of the total. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
Arbon sits below 77% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (10%)
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.2% of Arbon’s 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.
The median compared commune in Haute-Garonne has 7.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns. About one in 19: that is how common foreign nationals are in Arbon (5.2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 12%, a lower share than 99% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Arbon has 52%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification here. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 93 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Arbon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbon | 60.7 | 39% | 51% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Gaudens 12,139 · 7.8 mi | 50.1 | 31% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Montréjeau 2,648 · 10.9 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 4% | 8.1% |
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 Arbon
What is the population of Arbon?
93 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (91).
How old are Arbon’s residents?
The median age is 60.7, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arbon?
50, with occasional dwellings: 51% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arbon?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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