A smaller share of flats than 95% of compared French towns: 5.5%
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 4.3% in Lombers. Few places have so few households in social housing: 3.6% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. The town had 1,080 residents in 470 households at the 2023 census. For Lombers, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.8%.
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 change of −1% since 2012 leaves Lombers behind 72% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Tarn town +7%.
In Lombers, 21% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 59% 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
■ Lombers 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.3, Lombers is older than 52% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Lombers, 14% of households are single parents, more than in 91% 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
30% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Households average 2.3 people. Lower than in 52% of compared French towns: 25% of households are couples with children. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%.
4.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 92% 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
With empty homes at 8.5%, Lombers is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count. Add to that, 5.8% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 80% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%.
Standard of living at the median: €24,670 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,670 a year: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 62% of compared French towns: 16%
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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 34% in Lombers. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1.8% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Lombers comes in at 1.8%. Set beside that, 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.
In Lombers, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 84% 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
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 66% 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
Graduates of higher education: 34%, above 62% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,080 to 2,582 people, the 16th youngest
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 Lombers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lombers | 44.3 | 21% | 5.8% | 1.8% |
| Réalmont 3,561 · 3.4 mi | 47.7 | 29% | 3.5% | 5.5% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 5.7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Albi 51,290 · 8.1 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Graulhet 13,129 · 8.2 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 1.8% | 14% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 8.8 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 9.5 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
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 Lombers
What is the population of Lombers?
1,080 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,086).
How old are Lombers’ residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lombers?
32, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lombers?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lombers?
€24,670 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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