A median age of 61.5: Cahuzac is older than 99% of compared French towns
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Cahuzac. In 2023, the Census found 356 residents in the town, living in 93 households. Locally, 2.6% of homes are flats. Fewer households without a car than in 96% of compared French towns: 3.6%.
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 Cahuzac
An older town
Half of Cahuzac’s residents are under 61.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 45% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 26% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−4% since 2012: slower than 84% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Tarn.
45% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cahuzac 61.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 99% of compared French towns: 4.9%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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.
Couples with children: 33%, a higher share than 88% 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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. At 9.8%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 53% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
Fewer households in social housing than 96% of compared French towns: 2.3%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up just over one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 17%. Empty homes are more common here than in 92% of compared French towns. 3.8% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%.
A typical living standard of €25,140 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 Cahuzac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,140 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 95% of compared French towns, at 5.7%
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 (39%), Cahuzac is above 80% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%. Here, 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 61% of compared French towns: 5.2%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 3.3% in Cahuzac and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
More married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 53%
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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
More adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Cahuzac. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 356 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Cahuzac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cahuzac | 61.5 | 45% | 3.8% | 5.2% |
| Sorèze 2,965 · 2 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| Revel 9,762 · 3.9 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 3% | 6.1% |
| Soual 2,637 · 6 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Puylaurens 3,257 · 7.7 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Saïx 3,748 · 8.9 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 10.2 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 Cahuzac
What is the population of Cahuzac?
356 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (370).
How old are Cahuzac’s residents?
The median age is 61.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 45% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cahuzac?
4, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cahuzac?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cahuzac?
€25,140 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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