In Castelnau-de-Lévis, 2% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Here 7.8% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Across Castelnau-de-Lévis, 7.4% of homes are flats. At 5%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,603, in 700 households.
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 Castelnau-de-Lévis
An older town
Half of Castelnau-de-Lévis’ residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 54% of compared French towns grew faster than Castelnau-de-Lévis: +4%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Tarn town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
A median age of 51.6: Castelnau-de-Lévis is older than 88% 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
■ Castelnau-de-Lévis 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Castelnau-de-Lévis ranks below 79% of compared French towns on one-person households: 29%
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 share of couples with children is 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
Fewer households without a car than 95% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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 make up 5%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. For Castelnau-de-Lévis, the census puts second homes at 7.5%.
€28,020 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €28,020 a year: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Castelnau-de-Lévis ranks above 71% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 36%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Castelnau-de-Lévis. On average, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: 8.6% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns: 2.2%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Castelnau-de-Lévis. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 97% 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
In Castelnau-de-Lévis, 50% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 65% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (33%), Castelnau-de-Lévis is above nearly three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
41 French towns of 1,603 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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).
Castelnau-de-Lévis sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castelnau-de-Lévis | 51.6 | 30% | 7.5% | 2.2% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 2.9 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Albi 51,290 · 3.8 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 4 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 5.1 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 5.8 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 6.5 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
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 Castelnau-de-Lévis
What is the population of Castelnau-de-Lévis?
1,603 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,545).
How old are Castelnau-de-Lévis’ residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Castelnau-de-Lévis?
60, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Castelnau-de-Lévis?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Castelnau-de-Lévis?
€28,020 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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