Carbes ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 42%
1.1% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Few places have so few flats: 4.6% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. Carbes’s 100 households held 247 residents at the 2023 Census. For Carbes, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 4.7%.
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 Carbes
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Carbes had 195 residents at the 2012 census and 247 in 2023, up 27%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Carbes grew +27% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 95% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +15%, then +10% to 2023. Over those years, the median Tarn town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
Carbes is younger than 84% of compared French towns: a median age of 38.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Carbes 38.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 19%, Carbes is behind 68% of compared French towns on that count.
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%.
Only 16% of households are one person living alone in Carbes
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
On average, 2.5 people share a household. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Carbes ranks above 83% of compared French towns on empty homes: 11%
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
9.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 2.7%.
€27,030 a year: the median standard of living
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 €27,030 a year: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Carbes ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 16%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Carbes comes in at 16%. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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).
Carbes sits below 82% of compared French towns for immigrants (3%)
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Carbes comes in at 3%. By way of comparison, 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.
Carbes sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (10%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Carbes has 53%. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Carbes sits below 93% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (11%)
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 33%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (247 to 2,582 people), the 2nd youngest
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.
No nearby town is as young as Carbes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbes | 38.9 | 19% | 2.7% | 3% |
| Saïx 3,748 · 4 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Castres 42,505 · 4.9 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 3% | 8.9% |
| Soual 2,637 · 6.1 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Puylaurens 3,257 · 8.4 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 9.1 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Réalmont 3,561 · 9.8 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 Carbes
What is the population of Carbes?
247 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 27% more than in 2012 (195).
How old are Carbes’ residents?
The median age is 38.9, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carbes?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carbes?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carbes?
€27,030 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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