Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Taillet is over 59
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 105 residents in 53 households. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 64%. The figure for households without a car is 3.8% in Taillet and 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Taillet
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Taillet, 34% of its 83 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Taillet’s residents are under 59 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Taillet had 126 residents at the 2012 census and 105 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 21% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
34% of homes are second homes, a share 95% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 2.4%.
Since 2012, Taillet has changed by −17%, slower than 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Pyrénées-Orientales town +10%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 3.8%, a lower share than 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
■ Taillet 59. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (33%), Taillet is above 92% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Taillet ranks above 61% of compared French towns on couples with children: 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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Here 36% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 18%, a higher share than 85% 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. Set beside that, 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).
Immigrants make up 10% in Taillet, 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.
7.5% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. The median compared commune in Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
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 58% in Taillet, more than in 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
In Taillet, 16% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 9.8%, a lower share than 96% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 47%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Taillet, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taillet | 59 | 33% | 34% | 10% |
| Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda 3,529 · 2.5 mi | 60.7 | 43% | 54% | 9.1% |
| Céret 7,521 · 3.8 mi | 57 | 37% | 13% | 8.9% |
| Arles-sur-Tech 2,815 · 4.5 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 9.6% | 9.6% |
| Maureillas-las-Illas 3,006 · 6.5 mi | 55.4 | 33% | 13% | 8.3% |
| Le Boulou 5,487 · 7.8 mi | 54 | 35% | 13% | 11% |
| Thuir 8,243 · 8.9 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.1% | 9% |
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 Taillet
What is the population of Taillet?
105 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (126).
How old are Taillet’s residents?
The median age is 59, older than 98% of compared French towns. 9.4% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taillet?
28, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taillet?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (7.5%). 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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