A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 85% of compared French towns: 5.1%
In Graulhet, just over one in ten homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The town had 13,129 residents in 5,870 households at the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 26%. Flats are rarer here than in 67% 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.
Since 2012, Graulhet has grown +10%, faster than 71% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then +4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Tarn town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 48.1: Graulhet is older than 75% 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
■ Graulhet 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Graulhet has more residents aged 15 to 24 than 54% of compared French towns, at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Single-parent households: 12%, a higher share than 77% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 22% of households are couples with children in Graulhet. Households average 2.2 people. On one-person households, Graulhet sits higher than 55% of compared French towns: 36%. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Only 9.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Graulhet
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
Turnover: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more. At 1.8%, the share of second homes is lower than in 56% of compared French towns. There is little gap on households without a car: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €20,800 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.
Half of Graulhet’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,800 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 94% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 26.0% of residents are below the line.
Graulhet sits above 78% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (38%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 17%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Graulhet ranks above 83% of compared French towns on immigrants: 14%
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.
10% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 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.
Fewer married residents than 52% of compared French towns: 43%
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 stands at 25%.
In Graulhet, 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 91% 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 93% of compared French towns: 31%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 9th oldest of 41 French towns of 12,810 to 13,434 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 32.3 in Val-de-Reuil to 61.8 in Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Graulhet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graulhet | 48.1 | 26% | 1.8% | 14% |
| Réalmont 3,561 · 9.9 mi | 47.7 | 29% | 3.5% | 5.5% |
| Lavaur 10,965 · 10.1 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 2% | 6.8% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 10.7 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 11.1 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,939 · 12 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 12.6 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
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 Graulhet
What is the population of Graulhet?
13,129 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (11,890).
How old are Graulhet’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Graulhet?
120, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Graulhet?
INSEE counts 1,850 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 1,350 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Graulhet?
€20,800 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 26.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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