Faussergues is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.3
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 143 residents and 69 households in Faussergues. For Faussergues, the census puts single-parent households at 7.1%. Half of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%).
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 Faussergues
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Faussergues, 12% of its 99 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Faussergues’ residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 19 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
8.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 34% have been in their home 30 years or more. On second homes, Faussergues sits higher than 89% of compared French towns: 12%. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Flats: 3.9%, below 97% of compared French towns.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 73% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Tarn. Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Faussergues sits above 96% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (37%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Faussergues 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Faussergues has 10%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
14% of households are couples with children, below 93% 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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many one-person households: 36% here, more than in 53% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €25,240 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.
Living standards centre on €25,240 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 67% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 14%. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns, at 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 75% of compared French towns: 23%
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
By its share of married residents (41%), Faussergues is below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Faussergues
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: 25% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 143 to 2,582 people
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 Faussergues
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faussergues | 54.3 | 37% | 12% | 1.4% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 12.1 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 12.8 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 13.2 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 13.6 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 13.8 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 15.1 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
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 Faussergues
What is the population of Faussergues?
143 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (144).
How old are Faussergues’ residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Faussergues?
12, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Faussergues?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Faussergues?
€25,240 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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