Households headed by a manager or professional: 1.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 21% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Blaye-les-Mines. Census day 2023: 2,902 residents and 1,500 households here. On the census count, 17% of households are couples with children. At 11%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 83% 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 Blaye-les-Mines
An older town
Half of Blaye-les-Mines’ residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Blaye-les-Mines had 3,061 residents at the 2012 census and 2,902 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.
Blaye-les-Mines’s population moved −5% on 2012, less than in 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Tarn.
A median age of 51: Blaye-les-Mines is older than 86% 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
■ Blaye-les-Mines 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Here one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. In Blaye-les-Mines, 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 84% of compared French towns: 45%
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
Households average 1.9 people. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on single-parent households: 9.7%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of flats than 58% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
8.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 24% have stayed 30 years or more. In Blaye-les-Mines, 12% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €21,190 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 midpoint of living standards here is €21,190 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 93% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 21.0% of the population.
More households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 43%
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 make up about one in seven here (15%). 1.3% of Blaye-les-Mines’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 43% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.2% of residents in Blaye-les-Mines are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.2% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 3.7%.
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 38% in Blaye-les-Mines, less than in 80% 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
The share of single residents is 29%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Blaye-les-Mines comes in at 26%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,877 to 2,923
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Avord is the youngest (32.5); Batz-sur-Mer the oldest (60.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Blaye-les-Mines, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaye-les-Mines | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 1.2 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 3.8 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 5.4 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 6.1 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 7 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Albi 51,290 · 7.4 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
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 Blaye-les-Mines
What is the population of Blaye-les-Mines?
2,902 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (3,061).
How old are Blaye-les-Mines’ residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blaye-les-Mines?
33, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blaye-les-Mines?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blaye-les-Mines?
€21,190 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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