Cadalen sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (3%)
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.1% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Cadalen had 1,547 residents in 630 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households in social housing stands at 2.8%. One-person households are rarer here than in 86% 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 Cadalen
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 6.6% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cadalen changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 55% 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 population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Tarn town +7%.
Older than 70% of compared French towns: half of Cadalen is over 47.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cadalen 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 25% of residents are 65 or over in Cadalen.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are couples with children, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 2.3 people. Few places have so few single-parent households: 6.6% here, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Cadalen sits below 96% of compared French towns for flats (4.5%)
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
Empty homes: 7.9% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. On second homes, Cadalen sits higher than 70% of compared French towns: 3.9%. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €26,220 a year to live on
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.
At €26,220 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
12% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 62% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (34%), Cadalen is above nearly three fifths of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 11%. The wider picture: 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).
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer 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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 3.4% of residents are immigrants in Cadalen. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. That is lower than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%.
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 21% in Cadalen, less than in 86% 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 married residents is 46%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
More graduates of higher education than 62% of compared French towns: 34%
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
Put another way, about one in five: a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,547 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Cadalen, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadalen | 47.2 | 25% | 3.9% | 3.4% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 5.3 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Graulhet 13,129 · 5.9 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 1.8% | 14% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 5.9 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,939 · 9.1 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 9.9 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Albi 51,290 · 10.2 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 Cadalen
What is the population of Cadalen?
1,547 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,492).
How old are Cadalen’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cadalen?
28, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cadalen?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cadalen?
€26,220 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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