3.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 93% of compared French towns
14% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are common here: 18%, more than in 84% of compared French towns. Rabastens had 5,867 residents in 2,650 households at the 2023 census. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 12 here (8.6%).
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.
Growth of +13% since 2012 puts Rabastens ahead of 78% 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, +8% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Tarn.
Half of Rabastens is over 45.7, older than 61% 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
■ Rabastens 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Rabastens, nearly a quarter 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%.
Rabastens: 13% of households are single parents, above 88% 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
A third of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). On average, 2.2 people share a household. Lower than in 53% of compared French towns: 25% of households are couples with children. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town.
More second homes than 76% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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
With households without a car at 8.4%, Rabastens is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. The share of empty homes stands at 8.1%. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €26,240 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,240 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 53% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 13.0%.
Only 9% of households are headed by a manual worker in Rabastens
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
31% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Rabastens, 2.9% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 67% 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.
Here 5.1% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 62% 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.
Only 39% of residents 15 and over are married in Rabastens
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
Single residents: just over a quarter of the total. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 39% and 9.7%, and 6.5% are widowed.
44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 87% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Rabastens, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 5,821 to 5,915 people: this is the 20th 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.
Villabé is the youngest (36.9); Montmorillon the oldest (57.4).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Rabastens
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rabastens | 45.7 | 23% | 4.8% | 5.1% |
| Coufouleux 3,057 · 1.5 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 1.8% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe 9,719 · 4.5 mi | 42.5 | 17% | 1.6% | 5.4% |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,939 · 4.7 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Buzet-sur-Tarn 2,963 · 6 mi | 41.3 | 15% | 2.8% | 4.5% |
| Bessières 4,310 · 6.5 mi | 43 | 21% | 2.2% | 5.9% |
| Lavaur 10,965 · 10.1 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 Rabastens
What is the population of Rabastens?
5,867 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (5,187).
How old are Rabastens’ residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rabastens?
150, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rabastens?
INSEE counts 300 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 170 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rabastens?
€26,240 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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