Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.4% of homes are flats
Half of Le Bez’s residents are over 47.9, older than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Its 400 households held 907 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in four: 27% of households are one person living alone. Households headed by a manager or professional: 5%, below 85% 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 Le Bez
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Bez, 23% of its 570 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Bez ranks above 94% of compared French towns on second homes: 23%
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. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.6% of households have no car. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 6.1%.
A growing town: +9% since 2012, faster than 65% 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 ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 +9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Tarn town +7%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns: 7.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Bez 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (23%). By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 76% of compared French towns: 30%
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. 7.6% of households are single parents, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,050 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 Le Bez’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,050 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Above 82% of compared French towns: 39% of households are headed by a retired person
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 manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Against that, 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 2% in Le Bez, less than in 92% 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.
1.8% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. By way of comparison, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns, at 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married in Le Bez. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Le Bez ranks below 75% 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
Across Le Bez, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 907 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Le Bez, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bez | 47.9 | 23% | 23% | 2% |
| Pont-de-Larn 2,947 · 7.7 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
| Aussillon 5,527 · 9.3 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 2.9% | 15% |
| Mazamet 10,085 · 9.7 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 7% | 8.5% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 10.1 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Castres 42,505 · 10.3 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 3% | 8.9% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 11.2 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
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 Le Bez
What is the population of Le Bez?
907 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (834).
How old are Le Bez’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Bez?
130, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Bez?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Bez?
€24,050 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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