A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 31%
Flats: 3.7%, below 97% of compared French towns. For Ambialet, the census puts households without a car at 4.6%. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 2.5%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. The town is home to 471 residents in 220 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Ambialet
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ambialet, 31% of its 390 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 47 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households in social housing make up 0.4% in Ambialet, less than in 99% 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 figure for empty homes is 12% in Ambialet and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. 5.1% of households arrived within the last two years, while 23% have stayed 30 years or more.
Ambialet changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 52% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Tarn town +7%.
Ambialet is older than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ambialet 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Ambialet, 25%. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 10%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 8.9% of households are single parents
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. More one-person households than in 57% of compared French towns: 37%. At the same time, 24% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,750 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 €22,750 a year: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 80% of compared French towns: 9.4%
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 make up 38%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Ambialet, 4.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 72% 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.
3.1% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
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 42% in Ambialet, less than in 59% 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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single, a lower share than in 53% of compared French towns. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Ambialet ranks below 56% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 28%
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
Locally, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 471 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Ambialet, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambialet | 49.3 | 25% | 31% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 8.3 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 8.4 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 10 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 10.4 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Albi 51,290 · 11.1 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 12.4 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
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 Ambialet
What is the population of Ambialet?
471 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (451).
How old are Ambialet’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ambialet?
120, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ambialet?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ambialet?
€22,750 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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