Saint-Avit ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 42%
With households without a car at 3.7%, Saint-Avit is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count. For Saint-Avit, the census puts flats at 3.9%. More second homes than in 83% of compared French towns: 7.1%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 277, in 110 households.
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-Avit
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 4.8% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +4% since 2012 leaves Saint-Avit behind 54% 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, −1% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Tarn.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 74% of compared French towns, at 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Avit 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). At the same time, with a median age of 44.5, Saint-Avit is older than 53% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Avit sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (19%)
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
Households here average 2.5 people each. 4.8% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
96% of homes are houses
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
Of all households, 6.5% moved in during the last two years and 26% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At 7.1%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,670 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 Saint-Avit’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,670 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 79% of compared French towns: 38%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Avit sits below 71% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (2.5%)
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.
The median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In Saint-Avit, 6.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Avit ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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
With married residents at 51%, Saint-Avit is ahead of 94% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
More adults with no qualification than 56% of compared French towns: 20%
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
On the census count, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 277 to 2,582
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).
Saint-Avit is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Avit | 44.5 | 19% | 7.1% | 6.1% |
| Soual 2,637 · 2.6 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Saïx 3,748 · 5.4 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Sorèze 2,965 · 5.5 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| Puylaurens 3,257 · 6.3 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Revel 9,762 · 6.7 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 3% | 6.1% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 7.7 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
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-Avit
What is the population of Saint-Avit?
277 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (267).
How old are Saint-Avit’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Avit?
9, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Avit?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Avit?
€24,670 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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