Only 21% of households are one person living alone in Blan
Flats: 6.1%, below 94% of compared French towns. Fewer households without a car than in 97% of compared French towns: 3.5%. The 2023 Census counted 1,093 residents in 450 households. Census figures put empty homes at 4.1% in Blan.
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 Blan
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 5.7% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Blan had 1,154 residents at the 2012 census and 1,093 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −5% change since 2012: slower than 89% 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 −3%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Blan is older than 68% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Blan 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Blan. For Blan, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Blan, 35% of households are couples with children, more than in 93% of compared French towns
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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. On single-parent households, Blan sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 5.7%.
Blan sits below 87% of compared French towns for households in social housing (4.8%)
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.4%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%. Set beside that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. On second homes, Blan sits higher than 70% of compared French towns: 3.9%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,380 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.
Half of Blan’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,380 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Blan has 28%. Lower than in 61% of compared French towns: 7.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional. For 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).
Immigrants: 2.2%, a lower share than 89% 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.
1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Blan sits above 91% of compared French towns for married residents (50%)
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
By its share of single residents (21%), Blan is below 87% of compared French towns. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 22%, a lower share than 78% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Blan. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,093 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Blan is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blan | 46.7 | 23% | 3.9% | 2.2% |
| Puylaurens 3,257 · 3.8 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Revel 9,762 · 4.1 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 3% | 6.1% |
| Sorèze 2,965 · 5.2 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| Soual 2,637 · 5.9 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Saïx 3,748 · 9 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 12.5 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
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 Blan
What is the population of Blan?
1,093 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,154).
How old are Blan’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blan?
19, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blan?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blan?
€24,380 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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