A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Lapenche has 2.7%. There were 110 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 274 residents. 44% of households are headed by a retired person. Fewer flats than in 96% of compared French towns: 4.5%.
Throughout this page, the Tarn-et-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 Lapenche
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Lapenche had 226 residents at the 2012 census and 274 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lapenche grew +21% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 92% 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 change was +22% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Tarn-et-Garonne town +9%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 84% of compared French towns: 8.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lapenche 42. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42, Lapenche is younger than nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% here.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn-et-Garonne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Lapenche: 34% of households are couples with children, above 89% 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 Tarn-et-Garonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households: just over a quarter of the total.
Second homes: 8.9%, a higher share than 87% 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
On empty homes, 6% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
The median resident lives on €23,880 a year per consumption unit
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of residents live in households above €23,880 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
In Lapenche, 24% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 94% 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
4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.6% of residents are immigrants, below 68% 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.
The median compared commune in Tarn-et-Garonne has 8.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Locally, 5% of residents are foreign nationals. Against that, 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.
Married residents make up 46% in Lapenche, more than in 75% 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
The share of single residents stands at 24%. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Lapenche, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 73% 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
Adults with no qualification: 18% of the total. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 274 to 2,582
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).
No nearby town is as young as Lapenche
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lapenche | 42 | 22% | 8.9% | 4.6% |
| Caussade 6,803 · 4.9 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 3.1% | 8.8% |
| Nègrepelisse 5,917 · 11 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Albias 3,240 · 11.6 mi | 45 | 23% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Tulmont 4,051 · 13.5 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 0.8% | 4.5% |
| Cahors 20,050 · 17.1 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 6.1% | 12% |
| Montauban 62,945 · 17.5 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 1.6% | 12% |
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 Lapenche
What is the population of Lapenche?
274 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (226).
How old are Lapenche’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lapenche?
12, with occasional dwellings: 8.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lapenche?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lapenche?
€23,880 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
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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