Belcastel ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 4.2%
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Belcastel has 4.5%. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are common here: 26%, more than in 95% of compared French towns. The town counted 216 residents and 93 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, just over a fifth of households are one person living alone.
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 Belcastel
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 22% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +5% since 2012, faster than 50% 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 +15%; 2017 to 2023, −9%.
Older than 77% of compared French towns: half of Belcastel is over 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Belcastel 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (24%), Belcastel is above 59% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 58% of compared French towns, at 11%
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: 2.3 people. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children, more than in 56% of compared French towns.
In Belcastel, 4.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 92% 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
6.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Belcastel comes in at 7.1%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €32,590 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.
The median standard of living in Belcastel is €32,590 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (32%)
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 99% of compared French towns. Fewer households headed by a retired person than in 55% of compared French towns: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.3% of residents are immigrants, below 88% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.9% of residents are foreign nationals here. By way of comparison, 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
With married residents at 54%, Belcastel is ahead of 99% of compared French towns on that count. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns: 8.4%
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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 91% of compared French towns: 48%. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 216 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Belcastel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belcastel | 48.5 | 24% | 7.1% | 2.3% |
| Lavaur 10,965 · 4.4 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 2% | 6.8% |
| Verfeil 3,954 · 4.5 mi | 41 | 16% | 1.5% | 4.9% |
| Caraman 2,513 · 8.1 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 2.6% | 3.8% |
| Drémil-Lafage 2,608 · 8.6 mi | 48.2 | 19% | 0.5% | 5.2% |
| Gragnague 2,553 · 8.9 mi | 39 | 13% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe 9,719 · 9 mi | 42.5 | 17% | 1.6% | 5.4% |
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 Belcastel
What is the population of Belcastel?
216 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (206).
How old are Belcastel’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Belcastel?
8, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Belcastel?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Belcastel?
€32,590 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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