A town of second homes: 56% of its homes
37% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). The share of single-parent households stands at 25%. With a median age of 46.7, Le Tech is older than two thirds of compared French towns. This Pyrénées-Orientales town is home to 95 residents in 40 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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 Le Tech
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 70 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Tech, 56% of its 130 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 83% 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
Le Tech had 103 residents at the 2012 census and 95 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
12% of homes stand empty, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of flats is 22%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 10% of households rent social housing (HLM). Households without a car are rarer here than in 54% of compared French towns.
Le Tech’s population moved −8% on 2012, less than in 94% 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
Residents aged 65 and over: 23%, a higher share than 58% 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
■ Le Tech 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Le Tech. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Le Tech: 37% of households are one person living alone, above 60% 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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.4 people. A quarter of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Le Tech sits below 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (12%)
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Le Tech. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Le Tech sits above 77% of compared French towns for immigrants (12%)
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 nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 42% of residents 15 and over are married in Le Tech
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
On the census count, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 42% and 2.6%, and 7.8% are widowed.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 80% 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
In Le Tech, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 95 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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 young as Le Tech
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Tech | 46.7 | 23% | 56% | 12% |
| Arles-sur-Tech 2,815 · 5.2 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 9.6% | 9.6% |
| Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda 3,529 · 7.7 mi | 60.7 | 43% | 54% | 9.1% |
| Céret 7,521 · 11.4 mi | 57 | 37% | 13% | 8.9% |
| Maureillas-las-Illas 3,006 · 14 mi | 55.4 | 33% | 13% | 8.3% |
| Prades 6,148 · 15 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 11% | 11% |
| Le Boulou 5,487 · 16.4 mi | 54 | 35% | 13% | 11% |
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 Le Tech
What is the population of Le Tech?
95 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (103).
How old are Le Tech’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 67% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Tech?
70, with occasional dwellings: 56% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Tech?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (8.5%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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