44% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Combefa has 3.8%. Put another way, about one in 83: 1.2% of homes are flats. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 95% of compared French towns: 7.6%.
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 Combefa
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Combefa had 161 residents at the 2012 census and 206 in 2023, up 28%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Combefa outgrew 96% of compared French towns: +28%
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 −4%, then +33% to 2023. Over those years, the median Tarn town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 46.8: Combefa is older than 68% 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
■ Combefa 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
At 21%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
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%.
Combefa sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (19%)
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
Each household has 2.5 people on average. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fewer empty homes than 92% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%. Combefa sits close to the norm on second homes: 2.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
€25,660 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.
Half of Combefa’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,660 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
6.3% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 93% of compared French towns
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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Combefa has 38%. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 1% of residents 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1% of residents are foreign nationals in Combefa. The comparison figure for immigrants is 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.
Single residents: 14%, 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 51% in Combefa. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in Combefa, less than in 75% of compared French towns
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
Few places have so few graduates of higher education: 30% here, fewer than in half of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 17th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Combefa sits below 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combefa | 46.8 | 21% | 2.4% | 1% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 2.7 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 3.1 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 5.1 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 7.4 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 8.4 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Albi 51,290 · 8.8 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 Combefa
What is the population of Combefa?
206 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 28% more than in 2012 (161).
How old are Combefa’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Combefa?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Combefa?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Combefa?
€25,660 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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