A median age of 51.7: Lagarrigue is older than 88% of compared French towns
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In Lagarrigue, 4.3% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 80% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,784 people lived in the town, in 870 households.
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 Lagarrigue
An older town
Half of Lagarrigue’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−1% since 2012: slower than 72% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Tarn town +7%.
Lagarrigue: 31% of residents are 65 or over, above 87% 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
■ Lagarrigue 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Lagarrigue has 8.5%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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.
In Lagarrigue, 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
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Lagarrigue, 8.7%. The town has fewer one-person households than half of compared French towns, at 35%. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
Fewer flats than 76% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Some 8.2% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 29% who have been there 30 years or more. Here, 4.8% of homes stand empty. Fewer second homes than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 1.7%.
Half above, half below €25,510 a year in standard of living
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 Lagarrigue’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,510 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 80% of compared French towns: 39%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Lagarrigue comes in at 5.8%. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.5% in Lagarrigue, less than in 69% 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.
Foreign nationals: 3%, below 64% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 94% of compared French towns: 19%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Lagarrigue has 46%. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 65% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no 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 Lagarrigue, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,784 to 2,582
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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Lagarrigue
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagarrigue | 51.7 | 31% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Castres 42,505 · 2.6 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 3% | 8.9% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 3.3 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Saïx 3,748 · 5.4 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 5.9 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Aussillon 5,527 · 6.7 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 2.9% | 15% |
| Pont-de-Larn 2,947 · 7.1 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
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 Lagarrigue
What is the population of Lagarrigue?
1,784 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,795).
How old are Lagarrigue’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lagarrigue?
16, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lagarrigue?
INSEE counts 80 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 54 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lagarrigue?
€25,510 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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