Lédas-et-Penthiès is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 56
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Lédas-et-Penthiès was home to 163 people in 68 households. Census figures put flats at 1.1% locally. The share of second homes is 7.7%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
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 Lédas-et-Penthiès
An older town
Half of Lédas-et-Penthiès’ residents are under 56 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 18 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lédas-et-Penthiès’s population moved +4% on 2012, less than in 51% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −10%, then +16% to 2023. Over those years, the median Tarn town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
3.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Lédas-et-Penthiès 56. The median compared French town: 44.
36% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
15% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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 Lédas-et-Penthiès, 31% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7.7% of households are single parents.
Lédas-et-Penthiès sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (1.6%)
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 20% of homes stand empty in Lédas-et-Penthiès. Typically, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 42%.
Half above, half below €23,920 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.
The median standard of living in Lédas-et-Penthiès is €23,920 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Lédas-et-Penthiès ranks above 79% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 38%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Lédas-et-Penthiès has 15%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lédas-et-Penthiès: 5.8% of 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.
That is lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%. Across Lédas-et-Penthiès, 5.2% 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.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
53% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
28% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Lédas-et-Penthiès is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lédas-et-Penthiès | 56 | 36% | 7.7% | 5.8% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 11.1 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 12 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 12.2 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 13.1 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 13.4 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 13.7 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
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 Lédas-et-Penthiès
What is the population of Lédas-et-Penthiès?
163 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (156).
How old are Lédas-et-Penthiès’ residents?
The median age is 56, older than 95% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lédas-et-Penthiès?
7, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lédas-et-Penthiès?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lédas-et-Penthiès?
€23,920 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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