Flats: 1.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Laboutarie has 7.8%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 521, in 220 households. Locally, a quarter of households are one person living alone. On households headed by a manual worker, Laboutarie sits higher than 90% of compared French towns: 22%.
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.
A +10% change since 2012: 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
In two steps, +4% to 2017 and +7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Tarn.
In Laboutarie, 20% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 65% 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
■ Laboutarie 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Laboutarie is 43.4, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
13% of households are single parents, more than in 88% 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, 2.3 people share a household. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Higher than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 31% of households are couples with children.
Laboutarie ranks below 82% of compared French towns on households without a car: 5.8%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Census figures put second homes at 5.1% in Laboutarie. At 7.4%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €23,130 a year to live on
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 €23,130 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Laboutarie ranks above 60% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 11%
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
At 31%, the share of households headed by a retired person is lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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 smaller share of immigrants than 74% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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 74% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Laboutarie, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Laboutarie sits below 89% of compared French towns for single residents (20%)
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
Married residents make up 40%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 521 to 2,582 people, the 13th youngest
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.
No nearby town is as young as Laboutarie
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboutarie | 43.4 | 20% | 5.1% | 3.9% |
| Réalmont 3,561 · 3.7 mi | 47.7 | 29% | 3.5% | 5.5% |
| Graulhet 13,129 · 6.4 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 1.8% | 14% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 7.9 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 9.8 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Albi 51,290 · 10.1 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 11.7 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
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 Laboutarie
What is the population of Laboutarie?
521 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (472).
How old are Laboutarie’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laboutarie?
13, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laboutarie?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laboutarie?
€23,130 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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