Carmaux is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.4
In Carmaux, 46% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. This Tarn town is home to 9,872 residents in 5,040 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 4.4%. On households in social housing, Carmaux sits higher than 69% of compared French towns: 17%.
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 Carmaux
An older town
Half of Carmaux’s residents are under 52.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 820 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+1% since 2012: slower than 66% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Tarn town +7%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Carmaux: 32% of residents are 65 or over, above 90% 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
■ Carmaux 52.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 9.4%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% 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.
Fewer couples with children than 86% of compared French towns: 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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are single parents here. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 1.9 people share a household.
Carmaux sits above 93% of compared French towns for empty homes (14%)
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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households without a car are common here: 18%, more than in 79% of compared French towns. The share of flats tops 56% of compared French towns: 33%.
Standard of living at the median: €21,550 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.
The median standard of living in Carmaux is €21,550 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 91% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 24.0% of residents.
Carmaux sits above 89% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (43%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in eight here (13%). 4.4% of Carmaux’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 43% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Carmaux ranks above 65% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 6.2%
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Across Carmaux, 8.4% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 39% of residents 15 and over are married in Carmaux
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
27% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Carmaux sits below 87% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (19%)
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
25% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
6th highest median age among 41 French towns of 9,719 to 10,030
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 Montlhéry (34.7), the youngest, and Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque (54.6), the oldest.
Carmaux is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmaux | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 1.2 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 5 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 6.3 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 6.8 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 7.8 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Albi 51,290 · 8.5 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 Carmaux
What is the population of Carmaux?
9,872 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (9,774).
How old are Carmaux’s residents?
The median age is 52.4, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carmaux?
170, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carmaux?
INSEE counts 830 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.4% of residents, and 620 foreign nationals (6.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carmaux?
€21,550 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 24.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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