A median age of 55.5: Murat-sur-Vèbre is older than 94% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Murat-sur-Vèbre, 51%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 831, in 360 households. For Murat-sur-Vèbre, the census puts households without a car at 5.4%. On flats, Murat-sur-Vèbre sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 3.2%.
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 Murat-sur-Vèbre
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 380 second homes and occasional dwellings in Murat-sur-Vèbre, 47% of its 810 homes: higher than in 97% 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 Murat-sur-Vèbre’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 97% of compared French towns: 47%
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 make up 2.8%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, more empty homes than in just over three fifths of compared French towns: 7.7%. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
Since 2012, Murat-sur-Vèbre has changed by ±0%, slower than 69% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then −2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Tarn town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Murat-sur-Vèbre 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 34% of residents are 65 or over in Murat-sur-Vèbre. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
2.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Few places have so few one-person households: 32% here, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Little separates the share of couples with children here, 25%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €22,700 a year to live on
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 residents live in households above €22,700 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 52% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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.
With foreign nationals at 1.9%, Murat-sur-Vèbre is behind 81% of compared French towns on that count. 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 87% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Murat-sur-Vèbre has 45%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Murat-sur-Vèbre, less than in 89% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 831 to 2,582
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).
Murat-sur-Vèbre and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murat-sur-Vèbre | 55.5 | 34% | 47% | 3.7% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 16.2 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
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 Murat-sur-Vèbre
What is the population of Murat-sur-Vèbre?
831 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (830).
How old are Murat-sur-Vèbre’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 94% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Murat-sur-Vèbre?
380, with occasional dwellings: 47% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Murat-sur-Vèbre?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Murat-sur-Vèbre?
€22,700 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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