A median age of 62.8: Milhars is older than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for couples with children is 13% in Milhars and 25% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 96% of compared French towns. The town’s 120 households held 226 residents at the 2023 Census. About one in 53: that is how common flats are in Milhars (1.9%).
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 Milhars
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 86 second homes and occasional dwellings in Milhars, 40% of its 220 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Milhars’ residents are under 62.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 48% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 22% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Milhars had 236 residents at the 2012 census and 226 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Nearly one in ten households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 3.7% of homes stand empty in Milhars. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Milhars’s population moved −4% on 2012, less than in 86% 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 those years, the median Tarn town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
Milhars: 48% of residents are 65 or over, above 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
■ Milhars 62.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 99% of compared French towns: 4%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 13%, a higher share than 83% 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
Each household has 1.9 people on average. Fewer one-person households than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 33%. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
A typical living standard of €20,900 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 midpoint of living standards here is €20,900 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 8.3%, a lower share than 57% 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
For Milhars, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 33%. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 69% of compared French towns: 9.7%
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 higher than in 69% of compared French towns. 7.5% of residents are foreign nationals. The wider picture: 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.
Fewer single residents than 91% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Roughly four in ten: just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 20%
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
27% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 226 to 2,582 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Milhars the oldest (62.8).
No nearby town is as old as Milhars
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milhars | 62.8 | 48% | 40% | 9.7% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 15 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 15.1 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 15.6 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 16.3 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Caussade 6,803 · 16.9 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 3.1% | 8.8% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 16.9 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
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 Milhars
What is the population of Milhars?
226 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (236).
How old are Milhars’ residents?
The median age is 62.8, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8.8% are under 18 and 48% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Milhars?
86, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Milhars?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.7% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (7.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Milhars?
€20,900 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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