Older than 94% of compared French towns: half of Lavit is over 55.2
49% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. The 2023 Census put Lavit’s population at 1,579, in 590 households. Single-parent households account for 5.1%. Flats are rarer here than in 88% of compared French towns.
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 Lavit
An older town
Half of Lavit’s residents are under 55.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% 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.
Slower than most: +3% since 2012, behind 56% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then −1% to 2023. Over those years, the median Tarn-et-Garonne town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%.
6.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 98% 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
■ Lavit 55.2. 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 Lavit comes in at 35%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn-et-Garonne 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
23% of households are couples with children, below 61% 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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. About one in three: that is how common one-person households are in Lavit (36%).
5.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 82% 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
Some 8% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 25% who have been there 30 years or more. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town. Second homes account for 4.6%. At 6.2%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €21,870 a year
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €21,870 a year: lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 70% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lavit: 6.4% of 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.
Census figures put foreign nationals at 4% in Lavit. That is lower than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn-et-Garonne has 8.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 93% of compared French towns: 34%
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%; Lavit has 35%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 98% 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
41% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 6th 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).
Around Lavit, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavit | 55.2 | 35% | 4.6% | 6.4% |
| Beaumont-de-Lomagne 3,824 · 6.3 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 3.6% | 6.1% |
| Valence 5,289 · 10.7 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Castelsarrasin 14,343 · 11.5 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 1.9% | 9.7% |
| Moissac 13,419 · 13.7 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.8% | 22% |
| Lectoure 3,670 · 14.5 mi | 55.4 | 36% | 16% | 8.4% |
| Fleurance 6,247 · 15.3 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 4.5% | 6.9% |
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 Lavit
What is the population of Lavit?
1,579 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,526).
How old are Lavit’s residents?
The median age is 55.2, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lavit?
31, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lavit?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 62 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lavit?
€21,870 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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