A median age of 54.7: Rayssac is older than 93% of compared French towns
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 4.7% of households are single parents here. Rayssac has fewer flats than 97% of compared French towns, at 3.7%. There were 110 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 234 residents. The share of empty homes stands at 9.8%.
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 Rayssac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rayssac, 24% of its 160 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Rayssac’s residents are under 54.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rayssac had 249 residents at the 2012 census and 234 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: 24%
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
One household in 11 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Rayssac, 9.5% of households have no car.
−6% since 2012, a pace below 91% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Tarn town +7%. The first five years brought −3%; the six to 2023, −3%.
Rayssac ranks below 95% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rayssac 54.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 32%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 29% of households are one person living alone
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. Fewer couples with children than in 78% of compared French towns: 19%. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Median 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.
Half of residents live in households above €21,740 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 43%, a higher share than 90% 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 census found that 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in Rayssac. Higher than in just over half of compared French towns: 9.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 60% of compared French towns, at 5.5%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Rayssac has 5.5%. That is lower than in 59% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 91% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 47% in Rayssac. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 18% in Rayssac, less than in 92% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Rayssac comes in at 23%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 234 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Rayssac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rayssac | 54.7 | 32% | 24% | 5.5% |
| Réalmont 3,561 · 11.6 mi | 47.7 | 29% | 3.5% | 5.5% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 13.7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 14.1 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 14.8 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Albi 51,290 · 15.8 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 16 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
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 Rayssac
What is the population of Rayssac?
234 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (249).
How old are Rayssac’s residents?
The median age is 54.7, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rayssac?
39, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rayssac?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rayssac?
€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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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