More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 40%
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 9.5% in Orban and 14% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 351, in 140 households. For Orban, the census puts flats at 8.3%. The town has more second homes than nearly four fifths of compared French towns, at 5.6%.
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 Orban
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Orban grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 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
In two steps, +4% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Tarn.
Orban is younger than 68% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Orban 41.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Orban (21%).
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%.
Fewer one-person households than 90% of compared French towns: 26%
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
The average household has 2.5 people. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 12%, more than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 24% have stayed 30 years or more. Elsewhere, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 85% of compared French towns: 4.2% of homes stand empty. Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 4.7% of households have no car in Orban.
At the median, €26,240 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 Orban’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,240 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 79% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are headed by a retired person in Orban. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.1% of residents are immigrants, below 90% 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 Orban, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 90% 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
Married residents make up 38%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 7.9% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Orban. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 351 to 2,582 people, the 7th youngest
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).
Every neighbor is older than Orban
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orban | 41.6 | 21% | 5.6% | 2.1% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 5.7 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 5.8 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Graulhet 13,129 · 6.9 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 1.8% | 14% |
| Réalmont 3,561 · 6.9 mi | 47.7 | 29% | 3.5% | 5.5% |
| Albi 51,290 · 7.2 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 9.5 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
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 Orban
What is the population of Orban?
351 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (319).
How old are Orban’s residents?
The median age is 41.6, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orban?
9, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orban?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orban?
€26,240 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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