Noailhac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.5%
5.3% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Noailhac’s 380 households held 828 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 27% here. At 5%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 88% 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 Noailhac
Empty homes
The census found 77 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 74% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Tarn town +7%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 86% of compared French towns: 8.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Noailhac 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Noailhac’s residents are over 47.2, older than in 71% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 23% here.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Above 72% of compared French towns: 29% of households are couples with children
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
Households average 2.2 people. Lower than in 73% of compared French towns: 31% of households are one person living alone. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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
The share of second homes is 4.4%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 16% of homes stand empty. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,490 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 €24,490 a year: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 5.3%, a lower share than 83% 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
Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 33% in Noailhac. The usual figure: 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).
1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 87% 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.
In Noailhac, 3.4% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 86% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
Higher than in 52% of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (828 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Noailhac, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noailhac | 47.2 | 23% | 4.4% | 3.4% |
| Pont-de-Larn 2,947 · 4.6 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
| Aussillon 5,527 · 5.1 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 2.9% | 15% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 5.1 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 5.3 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Castres 42,505 · 5.6 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 3% | 8.9% |
| Mazamet 10,085 · 6.1 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 7% | 8.5% |
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 Noailhac
What is the population of Noailhac?
828 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (836).
How old are Noailhac’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 71% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Noailhac?
21, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Noailhac?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Noailhac?
€24,490 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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