Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
With households without a car at 3.7%, Fauch is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count. On residents aged 65 and over, Fauch sits lower than 94% of compared French towns: 14%. The 2023 Census counted 619 residents in 250 households. Across Fauch, 6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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 Fauch
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Fauch had 505 residents at the 2012 census and 619 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fauch grew +23% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 93% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 +15%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Tarn town +7%.
Younger than 79% of compared French towns: half of Fauch is under 40.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fauch 40.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Fauch has 9.7%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Fauch ranks below 98% of compared French towns on one-person households: 23%
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
Just over one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children account for 34%.
A larger share of second homes than 76% of compared French towns: 4.9%
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
Empty homes make up 9.1%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,840 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.
The median standard of living in Fauch is €24,840 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
10% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 75% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Fauch comes in at 29%. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fauch ranks below 84% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.8%
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.
In Fauch, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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 make up 19% in Fauch, less than in 94% 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 45% in Fauch. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Fauch, less than in 77% 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
Graduates of higher education: 30% of the total. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 3rd youngest 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Fauch is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fauch | 40.1 | 14% | 4.9% | 2.8% |
| Réalmont 3,561 · 5.2 mi | 47.7 | 29% | 3.5% | 5.5% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 5.5 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 7.5 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Albi 51,290 · 8 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 8.6 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 9.2 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 Fauch
What is the population of Fauch?
619 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (505).
How old are Fauch’s residents?
The median age is 40.1, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fauch?
14, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fauch?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fauch?
€24,840 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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