A median age of 54.5: Saint-Amans-Soult is older than 93% of compared French towns
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Census day 2023: 1,553 residents and 710 households in Saint-Amans-Soult. Across Saint-Amans-Soult, 8.2% of homes are second homes. Lower than in 85% of compared French towns: 11% of homes are flats.
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 Saint-Amans-Soult
An older town
Half of Saint-Amans-Soult’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Amans-Soult had 1,656 residents at the 2012 census and 1,553 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 150 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012: slower than 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
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.
In Saint-Amans-Soult, 33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% 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
■ Saint-Amans-Soult 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 58% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 77% 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 household here holds 2.1 people on average. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 66% of compared French towns. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Saint-Amans-Soult comes in at 36%.
16% of homes stand empty, more than in 96% 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
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Saint-Amans-Soult, 7.5%. On top of that, fewer households in social housing than in 94% of compared French towns: 3.1%. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 9.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 27% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,180 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 €23,180 a year: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Saint-Amans-Soult sits above 90% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (43%)
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
Locally, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. 2.1% of Saint-Amans-Soult’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 43% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns, at 3.8%
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.
The median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up about one in 56 here (1.8%). Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 60% of compared French towns, at 44%
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 make up about one in four here (26%). Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 75% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,553 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Amans-Soult
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Amans-Soult | 54.5 | 33% | 8.2% | 3.8% |
| Mazamet 10,085 · 5.4 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 7% | 8.5% |
| Pont-de-Larn 2,947 · 5.5 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
| Aussillon 5,527 · 6.4 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 2.9% | 15% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 7.9 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 11.8 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 14.9 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
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 Saint-Amans-Soult
What is the population of Saint-Amans-Soult?
1,553 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,656).
How old are Saint-Amans-Soult’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Amans-Soult?
76, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Amans-Soult?
INSEE counts 59 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Amans-Soult?
€23,180 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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