Households in social housing: 1.2%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person make up 43%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Lacaune was home to 2,464 people in 1,120 households. In Lacaune, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.8%, fewer than in 97% 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 Lacaune
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 330 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lacaune, 20% of its 1,650 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 79% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 400 immigrants in Lacaune (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Tarn. 17% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Lacaune’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 190 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 20% of homes are second homes
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 share of flats trails 65% of compared French towns: 22%. Roughly one in ten: 12% of homes stand empty. Households without a car are more common here than in 58% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 83% of compared French towns grew faster than Lacaune: −3%
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
The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Tarn town +7%.
Half of Lacaune is over 51.8, older than 88% 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
■ Lacaune 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Lacaune has 29%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Lacaune ranks above 60% of compared French towns on one-person households: 38%
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
Average household size: 2.1 people. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 57% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €24,260 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 Lacaune’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,260 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 68% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 16.0%.
Lacaune ranks below 84% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Lacaune. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Lacaune, 18% of residents are immigrants, more than in 90% of compared French towns
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.
17% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Lacaune sits above 63% of compared French towns for married residents (45%)
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single, a higher share than in 51% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Lacaune, 32%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,464 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
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 Lacaune
What is the population of Lacaune?
2,464 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (2,552).
How old are Lacaune’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lacaune?
330, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lacaune?
INSEE counts 440 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 420 foreign nationals (17%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lacaune?
€24,260 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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