A town of second homes: 39% of its homes
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 6% in Puycelsi. The 2023 Census counted 456 residents in 230 households. For Puycelsi, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.3%. Lower than in 90% of compared French towns: 4.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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 Puycelsi
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Puycelsi, 39% of its 410 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Puycelsi’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households in social housing: 0.9%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
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
3.7% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. On the census count, 3.6% of homes stand empty.
Slower growth than 84% of compared French towns: Puycelsi changed by −4% since 2012
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, −5% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Tarn.
A median age of 53: Puycelsi is older than 91% 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
■ Puycelsi 53. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Puycelsi.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Only 18% of households are couples with children in Puycelsi
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 share of single-parent households tops 59% of compared French towns: 11%. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Locally, two in five households are one person living alone.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €21,740 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €21,740 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
In Puycelsi, 8.6% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 85% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 73% of compared French towns: 37%. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are immigrants, more than in 76% 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 Puycelsi, nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 38% of residents 15 and over are married
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
In Puycelsi, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns: 41%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Puycelsi, 16%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 456 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Puycelsi
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puycelsi | 53 | 30% | 39% | 11% |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,939 · 9.1 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Rabastens 5,867 · 10.5 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.8% | 5.1% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 10.7 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Nègrepelisse 5,917 · 11.2 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Coufouleux 3,057 · 12 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 1.8% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Tulmont 4,051 · 13.3 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 0.8% | 4.5% |
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 Puycelsi
What is the population of Puycelsi?
456 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (474).
How old are Puycelsi’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puycelsi?
160, with occasional dwellings: 39% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puycelsi?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (8.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puycelsi?
€21,740 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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