3% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person: 42%, above 88% of compared French towns. Fewer households in social housing than in 95% of compared French towns: 2.7%. At the 2023 Census, 3,548 people lived in Puygouzon, in 1,570 households. Flats account for 4.7%.
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 Puygouzon
An older town
Half of Puygouzon’s residents are under 51.8 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Puygouzon outgrew 58% of compared French towns: +7%
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
Here the change came as +4% to 2017, then +3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Tarn.
Puygouzon is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Puygouzon 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7.5%), Puygouzon is below 95% of compared French towns. 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of one-person households than 93% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Single-parent households make up 9.4%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average. Lower than in 56% of compared French towns: 24% of households are couples with children. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
A lower share of empty homes than 69% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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
8.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 31% have stayed 30 years or more. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 1.2% of homes are second homes.
A typical living standard of €29,510 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.
At €29,510 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 82% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 6.0% of residents are below the line.
Puygouzon ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 5.5%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Puygouzon comes in at 12%. On average, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 0.9% in Puygouzon, less than in 96% 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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Puygouzon has 2.6%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Puygouzon comes in at 55%. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 88% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (38%), Puygouzon is above nearly three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
41 French towns of 3,529 to 3,568 people: this is the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Rubelles (34.9), the youngest, and Deauville (63.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Puygouzon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puygouzon | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Albi 51,290 · 2.7 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 3.9 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 4.7 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 5 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 6.5 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 7 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
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 Puygouzon
What is the population of Puygouzon?
3,548 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (3,327).
How old are Puygouzon’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puygouzon?
19, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puygouzon?
INSEE counts 92 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puygouzon?
€29,510 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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