In Labessière-Candeil, 3.2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
5.4% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 27% of households are one person living alone. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Labessière-Candeil counted 710 residents and 310 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Labessière-Candeil
An older town
Half of Labessière-Candeil’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Labessière-Candeil changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 80% 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 +3%, then −5% to 2023.
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Labessière-Candeil is over 50.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Labessière-Candeil 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). The census found that nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Labessière-Candeil.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Labessière-Candeil, 27% of households are couples with children, more than in 60% 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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. At 11%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 66% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
97% of homes are houses
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
Long tenure is the mark of 39% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.4% (under two years). 1.4% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 7.5%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,810 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.
Living standards centre on €24,810 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 87% of compared French towns, at 4.8%
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
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in Labessière-Candeil.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 90% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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.
The median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. 3.5% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 29.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Labessière-Candeil: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 89% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Labessière-Candeil comes in at 21%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Labessière-Candeil ranks below 76% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 23%
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 census found that nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Labessière-Candeil. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Labessière-Candeil and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labessière-Candeil | 50.9 | 26% | 1.4% | 3.5% |
| Graulhet 13,129 · 2.8 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 1.8% | 14% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 7.9 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 9.1 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Réalmont 3,561 · 9.4 mi | 47.7 | 29% | 3.5% | 5.5% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 10.4 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,939 · 11.1 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
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 Labessière-Candeil
What is the population of Labessière-Candeil?
710 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (728).
How old are Labessière-Candeil’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Labessière-Candeil?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Labessière-Candeil?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Labessière-Candeil?
€24,810 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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