In Albi, 13% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns
16% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Albi’s 27,750 households held 51,290 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Albi, just over a fifth of households have no car. Lower than in four fifths of compared French towns: 9.4% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Throughout this page, the Tarn 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 Albi
Many people living alone
53% of Albi’s households are one person: higher than in 97% of compared French towns; 39% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+4% since 2012, a pace below 53% 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 −1%, then +5% to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 80% of compared French towns: 28%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Albi 46. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Albi is 46, higher than in 63% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 97% of compared French towns: 53%
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 1.8 people. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Flats: 50%, a higher share than 74% 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
With second homes at 4.3%, Albi is ahead of 73% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 20% moved in during the last two years and 16% have stayed three decades or more. Empty homes are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €24,240 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 €24,240 a year: lower than in 68% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 21.0% of residents.
Albi sits above 68% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (36%)
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
Albi has more households headed by a manager or professional than 53% of compared French towns, at 10%. Elsewhere, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 72% of compared French towns: 11%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 8.4% in Albi. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; 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.
Only 34% of residents 15 and over are married in Albi
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 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Albi has 34%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Albi sits above 70% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (36%)
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
For Albi, the census puts adults with no qualification at 20%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 47,167 to 55,550
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Vaulx-en-Velin is the youngest (32.5); Les Sables-d'Olonne the oldest (59.6).
Every neighbor is older than Albi
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 2.5 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 2.7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 2.9 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 3.6 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 3.8 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 6 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
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 Albi
What is the population of Albi?
51,290 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (49,231).
How old are Albi’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Albi?
1,360, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Albi?
INSEE counts 5,390 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 4,320 foreign nationals (8.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Albi?
€24,240 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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