Half of Espérausses is over 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Espérausses, the census puts flats at 1.6%. The town is home to 146 residents in 74 households, by the 2023 Census. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Espérausses has 20%.
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 Espérausses
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Espérausses, 60% of its 190 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Espérausses had 172 residents at the 2012 census and 146 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Espérausses’ residents are under 56.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 98% of compared French towns: 60%
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
The share of households without a car trails three quarters of compared French towns: 6.8%. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
−15% since 2012: slower than 99% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Tarn town +7%. The change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and −15% from 2017 to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Espérausses 56.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Espérausses, just over a third of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 40%, a higher share than 69% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2 people.
The median resident lives on €17,870 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 €17,870 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
60% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% 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
Locally, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Against that, 32% 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).
Espérausses sits below 97% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.4%)
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, 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
Espérausses: 46% of residents 15 and over are married, above 75% 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
On the census count, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Espérausses
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 share of adults with no qualification is 16%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (146 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Espérausses
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Espérausses | 56.3 | 34% | 60% | 1.4% |
| Pont-de-Larn 2,947 · 14.3 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
| Castres 42,505 · 15.8 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 3% | 8.9% |
| Aussillon 5,527 · 16 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 2.9% | 15% |
| Mazamet 10,085 · 16.3 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 7% | 8.5% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 16.9 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 17.8 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
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 Espérausses
What is the population of Espérausses?
146 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (172).
How old are Espérausses’ residents?
The median age is 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Espérausses?
110, with occasional dwellings: 60% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Espérausses?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Espérausses?
€17,870 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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