18% of households are single parents, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
The share of households without a car is 4.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. 3.9% of homes stand empty, or about one in 26. Flats are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 2,025 residents in 940 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 Le Sequestre
Growing fast
Le Sequestre had 1,509 residents at the 2012 census and 2,025 in 2023, up 34%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +34% since 2012 puts Le Sequestre ahead of 98% 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, +20% to 2017 and +12% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Tarn.
A median age of 43: Le Sequestre is younger than 58% 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
■ Le Sequestre 43. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in just over half of compared French towns. Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
17% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 84% 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
Average household size: 2.2 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Fewer one-person households than in 57% of compared French towns: 34%.
Only 8.2% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Le Sequestre
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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 19% have been in their home 30 years or more. Few places have so few second homes: 1.1% here, fewer than in just over three quarters of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,480 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 €25,480 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
In Le Sequestre, 9% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns
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
8% of Le Sequestre’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 34% by a retired person (32%). The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in three fifths of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Le Sequestre, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 72% 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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 5.5% in Le Sequestre. That is lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 71% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Locally, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Le Sequestre, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns
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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 34% in Le Sequestre and 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
12th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,025 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).
No nearby town is as young as Le Sequestre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Sequestre | 43 | 22% | 1.1% | 5.5% |
| Albi 51,290 · 2.2 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 3 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 4.1 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 4.6 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 5 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 5.1 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
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 Le Sequestre
What is the population of Le Sequestre?
2,025 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 34% more than in 2012 (1,509).
How old are Le Sequestre’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Sequestre?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Sequestre?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Sequestre?
€25,480 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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