A median age of 58.6: Fontrieu is older than 97% of compared French towns
Single-parent households: 5.2%, below 98% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 968 residents in Fontrieu, living in 480 households. 1.6% of homes are flats. At 45%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
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 Fontrieu
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 410 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fontrieu, 42% of its 960 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Fontrieu’s residents are under 58.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fontrieu: 42% of homes are second homes, above 96% of compared French towns
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 figure for households without a car is 7.1% in Fontrieu and 11% in the typical compared French town. In Fontrieu, 0.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). 7.3% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 57% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +3% change since 2012: slower than 57% 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 +1% to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
In Fontrieu, 4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fontrieu 58.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 35%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 79% 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
There are 2 people in the average household. 36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 56% of compared French towns. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A median of €21,270 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 €21,270 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 84% of compared French towns: 5.2%
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
Here 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 70% of compared French towns, at 4.3%
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.
2.7% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 70% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fontrieu: 52% of residents 15 and over are married, above 96% 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
The share of single residents is 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fontrieu sits below 83% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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
Adults with no qualification: 23%, above 68% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (968 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Fontrieu is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontrieu | 58.6 | 35% | 42% | 4.3% |
| Pont-de-Larn 2,947 · 10.7 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
| Aussillon 5,527 · 12.4 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 2.9% | 15% |
| Mazamet 10,085 · 12.7 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 7% | 8.5% |
| Castres 42,505 · 13.1 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 3% | 8.9% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 13.3 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 14.5 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 Fontrieu
What is the population of Fontrieu?
968 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (940).
How old are Fontrieu’s residents?
The median age is 58.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontrieu?
410, with occasional dwellings: 42% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontrieu?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fontrieu?
€21,270 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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