39% of households are couples with children, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 120 households in Cabanès at the 2023 Census, home to 307 residents. Locally, 8.1% of residents are 15 to 24. Here 4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
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 Cabanès
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 8.7% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Cabanès had 259 residents at the 2012 census and 307 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +19% change since 2012: Cabanès grew faster than 88% 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 +12%; 2017 to 2023, +6%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Tarn town +7%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19% in Cabanès, less than in 71% 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
■ Cabanès 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.9, Cabanès is younger than nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Cabanès ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 17%
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: 2.6 people. Cabanès has fewer single-parent households than 71% of compared French towns, at 8.7%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Households without a car make up 0.9% in Cabanès, less than in 99% 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
Some 9.4% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 22% who have been there 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. The census found that 1.4% of homes are flats in Cabanès. At 8.6%, the share of second homes is higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,800 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 Cabanès’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,800 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 92% of compared French towns: 22%
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
In Cabanès, 8.7% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1%, a lower share than 99% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Cabanès, 0.7%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
A lower share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns, at 18%
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: 51% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 87% 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
Just over a third of Cabanès’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 12% have no diploma (19%).
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 307 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Cabanès: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabanès | 42.9 | 19% | 8.6% | 1% |
| Graulhet 13,129 · 3.7 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 1.8% | 14% |
| Lavaur 10,965 · 6.7 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 2% | 6.8% |
| Puylaurens 3,257 · 11 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,939 · 11.9 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Coufouleux 3,057 · 12 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 1.8% | 4.4% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 12.7 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 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 Cabanès
What is the population of Cabanès?
307 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (259).
How old are Cabanès’ residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cabanès?
12, with occasional dwellings: 8.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cabanès?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cabanès?
€24,800 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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