Busque ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.6%
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.2% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Busque’s population at 715, in 310 households. 2.2% of households have no car, or about one in 45. More households headed by a retired person than in 90% of compared French towns: 43%.
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 Busque
An older town
Half of Busque’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −4% change since 2012: slower than 85% 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
Over those years, the median Tarn town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then −4% to 2023.
Older than 89% of compared French towns: half of Busque is over 52.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Busque 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of Busque’s residents are 65 or older, against 27% in the median Tarn town and 22% in the median compared French town; 19% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Single-parent households: 8.1%, below 79% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 28% of the total. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of empty homes than 94% of compared French towns: 3.2%
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
29% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.4% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The figure for second homes is 0.6% in Busque and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,660 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 €25,660 a year: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 72% of compared French towns: 6.5%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 73% of compared French towns: 18%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 1.5% in Busque, less than in 86% 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.
The median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants account for 4.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
54% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
18% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 25% 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
Adults with no qualification are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 715 to 2,582
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Busque
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busque | 52.2 | 27% | 0.6% | 4.2% |
| Graulhet 13,129 · 2.3 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 1.8% | 14% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 9.1 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Lavaur 10,965 · 9.4 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 2% | 6.8% |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,939 · 9.7 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 9.8 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Réalmont 3,561 · 11.6 mi | 47.7 | 29% | 3.5% | 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 Busque
What is the population of Busque?
715 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (745).
How old are Busque’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Busque?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Busque?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Busque?
€25,660 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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