Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Arfons is over 59.4
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Arfons, 13%. The town had 188 residents in 110 households at the 2023 Census. For Arfons, the census puts flats at 1.3%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Arfons
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arfons, 59% of its 290 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Arfons’ residents are under 59.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
53% of Arfons’ households are one person: higher than in 97% of compared French towns; 50% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 98% of compared French towns: 59%
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
4% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Locally, 5.8% of households have no car.
A growing town: +5% since 2012, faster than 51% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −6%; from 2017 to 2023, +12%.
In Arfons, 3.6% 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
■ Arfons 59.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In Arfons, 37% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Arfons sits above 97% of compared French towns for one-person households (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
Each household has 1.7 people on average. Arfons has fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.2%. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
A median standard of living of €21,300 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.
At €21,300 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 57%, a higher share than 99% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 59% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. Here, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Arfons, 5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 63% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Arfons, 5.6%. On average, 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.
Fewer married residents than 76% of compared French towns: 39%
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
Single residents: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 72% of compared French towns: 15%
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. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (188 to 2,582 people), 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Arfons
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arfons | 59.4 | 37% | 59% | 5% |
| Sorèze 2,965 · 6.3 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 8.3 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Revel 9,762 · 8.8 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 3% | 6.1% |
| Soual 2,637 · 8.9 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 9.5 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Saïx 3,748 · 10.4 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
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 Arfons
What is the population of Arfons?
188 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (179).
How old are Arfons’ residents?
The median age is 59.4, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arfons?
170, with occasional dwellings: 59% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arfons?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arfons?
€21,300 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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