Half of Navès is over 55, older than 94% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 1.6%, below 99% of compared French towns. In Navès, 51% of households are headed by a retired person. At 23%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 97% of compared French towns. 690 residents in 310 households: that is Navès at the 2023 Census.
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 Navès
An older town
Half of Navès’ residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 70% of compared French towns grew faster than Navès: ±0%
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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and ±0% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Tarn.
Navès sits below 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.5%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Navès 55. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 26%, Navès is ahead of 70% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 4.9% of households are single parents
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
Couples with children: 30% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Navès ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.5%
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
34% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.5% moved in within the last two years. Fewer empty homes than in 68% of compared French towns: 5.4%. Navès sits close to the norm on second homes: 1.8%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,780 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 €28,780 a year: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 9.8%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 9.4% of 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).
Foreign nationals: 1.6%, a lower share than 85% of compared French towns
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 3.8% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 14%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 54% in Navès. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 11%, a lower share than 94% 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. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
6th highest median age among 41 French towns of 690 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).
Navès is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navès | 55 | 26% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Saïx 3,748 · 2.5 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Castres 42,505 · 3.1 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 3% | 8.9% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 3.3 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Soual 2,637 · 5 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 7.3 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Aussillon 5,527 · 8.5 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 2.9% | 15% |
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 Navès
What is the population of Navès?
690 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (691).
How old are Navès’ residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Navès?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Navès?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Navès?
€28,780 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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