A median age of 54.2: Cestayrols is older than 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 230 households in Cestayrols at the 2023 Census, home to 455 residents. The census found that 1.9% of households are headed by a manual worker in the town. 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 2.4% in the town.
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 Cestayrols
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 56 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cestayrols, 18% of its 310 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Cestayrols’ residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cestayrols had 477 residents at the 2012 census and 455 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
18% of homes are second homes, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
32% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.6% moved in within the last two years. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Lower than in four fifths of compared French towns: 6% of households have no car. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 7.3%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
−5% since 2012: slower than 87% 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
The first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −2%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.2% in Cestayrols, less than in 97% 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
■ Cestayrols 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
35% of Cestayrols’ residents are 65 or older, against 27% in the median Tarn town and 22% in the median compared French town; 14% are under 18. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Cestayrols ranks below 84% of compared French towns on couples with children: 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
The typical household size is 2 people. At 32%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 68% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Here, just over one in ten households are single parents.
A median of €26,790 a year per consumption unit
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 €26,790 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns, at 52%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a third 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).
6.2% of residents in Cestayrols are immigrants
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 median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns. About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Cestayrols (6.2%). There is little gap on foreign nationals: 3.7%, about the same as 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.
Single residents: 17%, a lower share than 99% 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
The figure for married residents is 49% in Cestayrols and 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 67% of compared French towns: 35%
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
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 455 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Cestayrols
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cestayrols | 54.2 | 35% | 18% | 6.2% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 5.3 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 6.9 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 7.2 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Albi 51,290 · 8.9 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 8.9 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 9.5 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
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 Cestayrols
What is the population of Cestayrols?
455 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (477).
How old are Cestayrols’ residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cestayrols?
56, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cestayrols?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cestayrols?
€26,790 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.