Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.6% of households have no car
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 2.6% of homes are flats here. Lempaut is home to 878 residents in 370 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in 15: that is how common single-parent households are in Lempaut (6.8%). Few places have as many second homes: 5.7% here, more than in nearly four fifths 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.
A growing town: +11% since 2012, faster than 71% 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 change was +9%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Tarn town +7%.
8.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 86% 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
■ Lempaut 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.6, Lempaut is younger than 53% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Across Lempaut, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are couples with children, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
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, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Lempaut, 28%. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.4 people.
97% of homes are houses
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. A fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.9% moved in within the last two years. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 7.3%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €23,650 a year per consumption unit
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 Lempaut’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,650 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 30% in Lempaut, less than in 65% 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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 11% in Lempaut and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 64% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 70% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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.
For Lempaut, the census puts immigrants at 5.7%. That is lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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%; Lempaut has 48%. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 70% 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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in six. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 15th youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Lempaut
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lempaut | 43.6 | 21% | 5.7% | 5.7% |
| Soual 2,637 · 3.3 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Puylaurens 3,257 · 4 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Sorèze 2,965 · 5.5 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| Revel 9,762 · 5.7 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 3% | 6.1% |
| Saïx 3,748 · 6.5 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 9.9 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 Lempaut
What is the population of Lempaut?
878 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (794).
How old are Lempaut’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lempaut?
24, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lempaut?
INSEE counts 50 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lempaut?
€23,650 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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