Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.9% of homes are flats
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 0.3% in Carlus. The town has fewer households without a car than 96% of compared French towns, at 3.7%. The 2023 Census counted 664 residents in 300 households. On the census count, 1.6% of households are single parents.
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 Carlus
An older town
Half of Carlus’ residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −1% since 2012 leaves Carlus behind 74% 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%.
A median age of 50.7: Carlus is older than 85% 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
■ Carlus 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Carlus, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Here, 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Carlus ranks above 80% of compared French towns on couples with children: 31%
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
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are one person living alone here. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
A town of second homes: 2.6% of its homes
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
4.3% of households moved in less than two years ago; 32% have been in their home 30 years or more. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in 54% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €26,810 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.
At €26,810 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 43% of households are headed by a retired person
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 15%, Carlus is ahead of 75% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%. Households headed by a manual worker account for 13%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
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.
Immigrants make up 2.1%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 91% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Carlus
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 make up 49%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 89% of compared French towns: 12%
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
36% of Carlus’ 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%).
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 664 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Carlus
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlus | 50.7 | 29% | 2.6% | 2.1% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 3.2 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Albi 51,290 · 3.7 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 4.1 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 6.2 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 6.3 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 6.8 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
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 Carlus
What is the population of Carlus?
664 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (671).
How old are Carlus’ residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carlus?
9, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carlus?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carlus?
€26,810 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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