Taulis is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.5
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Taulis’s 30 households held 58 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 3.3% locally. Here 50% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%.
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 Taulis
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Taulis, 48% of its 69 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Taulis’ residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 48% 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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Taulis, 8.7%. By contrast, 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.
Taulis grew +16% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 84% 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 Pyrénées-Orientales town changed +10% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six +12%.
Only 5.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Taulis
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Taulis 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Taulis comes in at 38%. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
40% women, 60% men
About 66 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
17% of households are single parents, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. For Taulis, the census puts one-person households at 33%. The typical household size is 1.9 people.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns: 17%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 81% of compared French towns: 17%. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.9% of Taulis’ 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.
That is higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%. 5.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 91% 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 a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Taulis has 21%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Taulis ranks below 90% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 18%
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
Here, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 58 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
Older than Taulis: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taulis | 55.5 | 38% | 48% | 6.9% |
| Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda 3,529 · 3.7 mi | 60.7 | 43% | 54% | 9.1% |
| Arles-sur-Tech 2,815 · 4.4 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 9.6% | 9.6% |
| Céret 7,521 · 6.4 mi | 57 | 37% | 13% | 8.9% |
| Maureillas-las-Illas 3,006 · 9.1 mi | 55.4 | 33% | 13% | 8.3% |
| Thuir 8,243 · 9.8 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.1% | 9% |
| Ille-sur-Têt 5,556 · 10.2 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 5.1% | 14% |
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 Taulis
What is the population of Taulis?
58 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (50).
How old are Taulis’ residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taulis?
33, with occasional dwellings: 48% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taulis?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 3 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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