Only 19% of households are one person living alone in Peyrole
Flats make up 4.1%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Peyrole had 545 residents in 230 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). At 0.8%, the share of empty homes is lower 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 Peyrole
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.7% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Peyrole grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 68% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Tarn town, the change came in two steps: +16% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
18% of residents are 65 or over, below 75% 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
■ Peyrole 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Peyrole’s residents are over 44.8, older than in 55% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.4%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are couples with children, more than in 93% 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
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 8.7% in Peyrole. There are 2.4 people in the average household. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.7%
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
13% of households moved in less than two years ago; 12% have been in their home 30 years or more. On second homes, Peyrole sits higher than 83% of compared French towns: 7.2%. The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,200 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 €27,200 a year: higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 6.6%, a lower share than 92% 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 33% in Peyrole. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4.2% of residents are immigrants in Peyrole
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 71% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Locally, 2.6% 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 94% 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
The figure for married residents is 47% in Peyrole and 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 11% 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
With graduates of higher education at 43%, Peyrole is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (545 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Peyrole
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyrole | 44.8 | 18% | 7.2% | 4.2% |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,939 · 5.6 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 6 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Graulhet 13,129 · 6.4 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 1.8% | 14% |
| Coufouleux 3,057 · 8.3 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 1.8% | 4.4% |
| Rabastens 5,867 · 8.6 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.8% | 5.1% |
| Lavaur 10,965 · 9.3 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 2% | 6.8% |
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 Peyrole
What is the population of Peyrole?
545 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (498).
How old are Peyrole’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Peyrole?
18, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Peyrole?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Peyrole?
€27,200 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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