A median age of 60.2: Amarens is older than 98% of compared French towns
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Amarens counted 61 residents and 32 households at the 2023 Census. Flats make up about one in 26 here (3.8%). 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
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 Amarens
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Amarens, 27% of its 52 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Amarens (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 31% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Tarn. 21% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Amarens’ residents are under 60.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Amarens had 69 residents at the 2012 census and 61 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 27%, a higher share than 94% 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
The share of empty homes tops 86% of compared French towns: 12%. Meanwhile, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Amarens, the census puts households without a car at 9.4%.
−12% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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 Tarn town +7%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, −10%.
In Amarens, 4.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 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
■ Amarens 60.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 33% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Amarens ranks above 94% of compared French towns on one-person households: 50%
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
Here 17% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Average household size: 1.9 people.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 67% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 retired person are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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).
Amarens sits above 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (31%)
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 21% in Amarens. As a reference point, 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.
Single residents: 24%, a lower share than 64% 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
Married residents account for 44%. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 74% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 61 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Amarens is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amarens | 60.2 | 33% | 27% | 31% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 9.3 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 10.5 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 11.6 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 11.7 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 12.4 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,939 · 13.3 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
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 Amarens
What is the population of Amarens?
61 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (69).
How old are Amarens’ residents?
The median age is 60.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Amarens?
14, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Amarens?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 31% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (21%). 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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