Second homes make up 44% in Tailhac, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 1.4% of homes are flats. In 2023, the Census found 59 residents in Tailhac, living in 31 households. The share of couples with children is 17%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Loire 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 Tailhac
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tailhac, 44% of its 70 homes: higher than in 97% 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
Tailhac had 72 residents at the 2012 census and 59 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Tailhac’s residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 8 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.
Empty homes: 11%, a higher share than 86% of compared French towns
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 that moved in under two years ago: 3.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 19%. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 77% of compared French towns: 6.5% of households have no car.
−18% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −18%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haute-Loire town +2%.
A median age of 53.7: Tailhac is older than 92% 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
■ Tailhac 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Tailhac, 27% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Across Tailhac, 8.5% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 33%, a lower share than 59% 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 Haute-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 1.9 people share a household. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 50%, a higher share than 97% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 68% of compared French towns: 6.8%
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.
That is higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Loire has 3.8%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 15: that is how common immigrants are in Tailhac (6.8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Tailhac has 24%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 92% 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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Tailhac (20%). Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Median age: 1 of the 2 towns around Tailhac are older
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 Tailhac
What is the population of Tailhac?
59 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (72).
How old are Tailhac’s residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tailhac?
31, with occasional dwellings: 44% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tailhac?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (6.8%). 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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