Above 86% of compared French towns: 11% of homes stand empty
28% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in ten here (9.9%). Couples with children are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns. Lavaur is home to 10,965 residents in 5,200 households, by 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 Lavaur
Empty homes
The census found 690 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+7% since 2012, a pace 59% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Tarn town +7%. The change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Lavaur is over 48.9, older than 79% 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
■ Lavaur 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Lavaur.
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.
A higher share of one-person households than 70% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
Households here average 2 people each. On single-parent households, Lavaur sits lower than 58% of compared French towns: 9.6%. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
6.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 79% of compared French towns
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: 12% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 16% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 13% of households have no car, a higher share than in 62% of compared French towns. The share of flats trails 54% of compared French towns: 28%.
A median standard of living of €25,490 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 residents live in households above €25,490 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 15.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 81% of compared French towns, at 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
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.8% of Lavaur’s residents are immigrants
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 higher than in 52% of compared French towns. About one in 15: that is how common immigrants are in Lavaur (6.8%). Nothing unusual on foreign nationals: 4.3%, close to the figure 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.
42% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 60% 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
Few places have as many single residents: 26% here, more than in 54% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 60% of compared French towns, at 33%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 10,767 to 11,159 people, the 7th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Chanteloup-les-Vignes (33.7), the youngest, and Arcachon (67.4), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Lavaur
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavaur | 48.9 | 28% | 2% | 6.8% |
| Verfeil 3,954 · 7.8 mi | 41 | 16% | 1.5% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe 9,719 · 8 mi | 42.5 | 17% | 1.6% | 5.4% |
| Coufouleux 3,057 · 8.6 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 1.8% | 4.4% |
| Rabastens 5,867 · 10.1 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.8% | 5.1% |
| Graulhet 13,129 · 10.1 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 1.8% | 14% |
| Buzet-sur-Tarn 2,963 · 10.5 mi | 41.3 | 15% | 2.8% | 4.5% |
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 Lavaur
What is the population of Lavaur?
10,965 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (10,242).
How old are Lavaur’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lavaur?
120, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lavaur?
INSEE counts 740 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 470 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lavaur?
€25,490 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% 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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