Fewer couples with children than 94% of compared French towns: 14%
By its share of second homes (7%), Mazamet is above 83% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 10,085 residents and 5,190 households locally. In Mazamet, a fifth of households have no car. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 40%, more than in 84% 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.
What stands out about the people of Mazamet
Many people living alone
48% of Mazamet’s households are one person: higher than in 91% of compared French towns; 37% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Mazamet’s residents are under 51.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
±0% since 2012, a pace below 70% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, +1%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Tarn town +7%.
Mazamet is older than 87% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mazamet 51.2. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 32% in Mazamet. Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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.
More one-person households than 91% of compared French towns: 48%
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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Single-parent households are more common here than in 86% of compared French towns.
Households in social housing make up 7.4% in Mazamet, less than in 74% 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
One household in five has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Locally, 7.9% of homes stand empty. Few places have as many flats: 35% here, more than in 58% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €21,750 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.
The median standard of living in Mazamet is €21,750 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 90% of compared French towns. 25.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 78% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker. On average, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 63% of compared French towns, at 8.5%
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 Mazamet comes in at 5.8%. Elsewhere, 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.
Married residents: 35%, a lower share than 91% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 30% of residents 15 and over are single in Mazamet. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 80% of compared French towns: 26%
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
With graduates of higher education at 23%, Mazamet is behind 76% of compared French towns on that count. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 9,913 to 10,254 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Pierrelaye is the youngest (35.2); Mazamet the oldest (51.2).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Mazamet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazamet | 51.2 | 32% | 7% | 8.5% |
| Aussillon 5,527 · 1.1 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 2.9% | 15% |
| Pont-de-Larn 2,947 · 2 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 2.4 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 6.5 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Castres 42,505 · 10.4 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 3% | 8.9% |
| Saïx 3,748 · 12.1 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
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 Mazamet
What is the population of Mazamet?
10,085 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (10,093).
How old are Mazamet’s residents?
The median age is 51.2, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mazamet?
430, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mazamet?
INSEE counts 860 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.5% of residents, and 590 foreign nationals (5.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mazamet?
€21,750 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.0% 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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