Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Berlats is over 60.2
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Berlats, 0.8% of homes stand empty. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 119, in 64 households. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; here, 7.8%.
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 Berlats
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 66 second homes and occasional dwellings in Berlats, 50% of its 130 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Berlats’ residents are under 60.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Berlats’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 36% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 97% of compared French towns: 50%
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
Without a car: one household in 13, against 11% in the median compared French town. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 31%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Faster growth than 78% of compared French towns: Berlats changed by +13% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Tarn town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then +13% to 2023.
Berlats ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 1.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Berlats 60.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 37%, above 96% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are single parents here. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. The average household has 1.9 people. Fewer couples with children than in 51% of compared French towns: 25%.
Median standard of living: €21,390 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 €21,390 a year: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
58% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns, at 3.4%
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.
1.7% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 19% in Berlats, less than in 97% 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: 52% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 67% 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 in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Berlats. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 119 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Berlats 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlats | 60.2 | 37% | 50% | 3.4% |
| Pont-de-Larn 2,947 · 15.1 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
| Aussillon 5,527 · 16.8 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 2.9% | 15% |
| Castres 42,505 · 17 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 3% | 8.9% |
| Mazamet 10,085 · 17 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 7% | 8.5% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 17.7 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
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 Berlats
What is the population of Berlats?
119 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (105).
How old are Berlats’ residents?
The median age is 60.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berlats?
66, with occasional dwellings: 50% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berlats?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Berlats?
€21,390 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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