3.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Dénat, 4.2% of households have no car. The town counted 864 residents and 360 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children: 32% here and 25% in the typical compared French 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 Dénat
Growing fast
Dénat had 723 residents at the 2012 census and 864 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dénat grew +20% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 90% 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 +10%; 2017 to 2023, +9%.
Dénat sits below 80% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (17%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dénat 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Dénat has 9.6%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age locally is 44.2, higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Dénat ranks below 89% of compared French towns on one-person households: 27%
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 2.4 people on average. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 8.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns.
9.8% of homes stand empty, a share 78% 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
Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.5% moved in within the last two years. On second homes, Dénat sits higher than three fifths of compared French towns: 2.8%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €26,280 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 €26,280 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
2.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 98% 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
37% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Add to that, more households headed by a manual worker than in 72% of compared French towns: 18%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.2% of residents are immigrants in Dénat
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Dénat
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 Dénat, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Dénat
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
Graduates of higher education: 32%, above 56% of compared French towns. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 864 to 2,582 people, the 16th youngest
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).
Every neighbor is older than Dénat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dénat | 44.2 | 17% | 2.8% | 2.2% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 3.8 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Réalmont 3,561 · 4.5 mi | 47.7 | 29% | 3.5% | 5.5% |
| Albi 51,290 · 6.5 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 6.9 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 8.1 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 8.2 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 Dénat
What is the population of Dénat?
864 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (723).
How old are Dénat’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dénat?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dénat?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dénat?
€26,280 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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