Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0Empty homes make up 3.4% in Marssac-sur-Tarn, less than in 93% of compared French towns
Flats make up 13%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 3,518 people lived in Marssac-sur-Tarn, in 1,630 households. Put another way, about one in 12: 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24. On households without a car, Marssac-sur-Tarn sits lower than 87% of compared French towns: 5.1%.
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 Marssac-sur-Tarn
Growing fast
Marssac-sur-Tarn had 2,988 residents at the 2012 census and 3,518 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Marssac-sur-Tarn outgrew 87% of compared French towns: +18%
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
The change was +7% from 2012 to 2017 and +10% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 26% in Marssac-sur-Tarn, more than in 73% 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
■ Marssac-sur-Tarn 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Marssac-sur-Tarn’s residents are over 46.9, older than in 69% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 31% of households are one person living alone in Marssac-sur-Tarn
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
The figure for single-parent households is 12% in Marssac-sur-Tarn and 10% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.2 people. The town has fewer couples with children than 54% of compared French towns, at 25%.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 74% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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
Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Marssac-sur-Tarn has 3.5%. Set beside that, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 11% of households moved in; at the other end, 16% have stayed 30 years or more.
€26,660 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €26,660 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 57% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 12.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
10% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 74% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 34%, above 58% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town. About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Marssac-sur-Tarn (9.4%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 79% of compared French towns: 2%
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.
The median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 66% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 21 here (4.7%). The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Single residents: 22%, a lower share than 81% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Marssac-sur-Tarn has 44%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Marssac-sur-Tarn, less than in 79% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,499 to 3,538 people, the 20th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Rubelles (34.9), the youngest, and La Bernerie-en-Retz (61.4), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Marssac-sur-Tarn, 3 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marssac-sur-Tarn | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Albi 51,290 · 6 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 6.7 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 6.9 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 7.9 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 8.9 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 Marssac-sur-Tarn
What is the population of Marssac-sur-Tarn?
3,518 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (2,988).
How old are Marssac-sur-Tarn’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marssac-sur-Tarn?
61, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marssac-sur-Tarn?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 70 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marssac-sur-Tarn?
€26,660 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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