Flats: 3.9%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Escoussens is home to 614 residents in 300 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that one in ten homes stand empty locally. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Escoussens has 5.1%.
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 Escoussens
An older town
Half of Escoussens’ residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Escoussens had 645 residents at the 2012 census and 614 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.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 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
Here the change came as −7% to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Escoussens is over 50.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Escoussens 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.6%, below 71% of compared French towns. 22% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Escoussens, 6.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns
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
38% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each. Fewer couples with children than in 50% of compared French towns: 25%. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Escoussens sits above 81% of compared French towns for second homes (6.2%)
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 without a car: 5.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
€24,350 a year: the median standard of living
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 Escoussens is €24,350 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 44%
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
Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 13%, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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).
Escoussens sits below 82% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.8%)
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 share of immigrants is 5.3%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 73% 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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in Escoussens. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 17% in Escoussens and 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
12th highest median age among 41 French towns of 614 to 2,582
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.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Escoussens
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escoussens | 50.7 | 22% | 6.2% | 5.3% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 3.1 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Saïx 3,748 · 5.8 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Soual 2,637 · 5.9 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 6 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Castres 42,505 · 7.3 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 3% | 8.9% |
| Aussillon 5,527 · 7.5 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 2.9% | 15% |
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 Escoussens
What is the population of Escoussens?
614 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (645).
How old are Escoussens’ residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Escoussens?
22, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Escoussens?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Escoussens?
€24,350 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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