Paulinet is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 56
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 2.2% in Paulinet and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 240 households held 498 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 3% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Paulinet
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 92 second homes and occasional dwellings in Paulinet, 23% of its 410 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Paulinet’s residents are under 56 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 72 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Paulinet had 530 residents at the 2012 census and 498 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in six: 18% of homes stand empty. 8.1% of households have no car, a lower share than in 66% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 91% of compared French towns grew faster than Paulinet: −6%
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, +3% to 2017 and −9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Tarn.
In Paulinet, 6.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 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
■ Paulinet 56. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 30% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Only 6.1% of households are single parents in Paulinet
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 here average 2.1 people each. Paulinet has fewer couples with children than 83% of compared French towns, at 18%. Typically, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; locally, 34%.
€21,840 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €21,840 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 78% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven. On average, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.6% of residents are immigrants, below 77% 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.
The median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 2.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The share of married residents is 50%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Paulinet: 25% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 76% 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
23% of Paulinet’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 25% have no diploma (19%).
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 498 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Paulinet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulinet | 56 | 30% | 23% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 12.9 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Réalmont 3,561 · 13 mi | 47.7 | 29% | 3.5% | 5.5% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 13.3 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 13.3 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 14.8 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Albi 51,290 · 15 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
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 Paulinet
What is the population of Paulinet?
498 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (530).
How old are Paulinet’s residents?
The median age is 56, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Paulinet?
92, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Paulinet?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Paulinet?
€21,840 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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