Saint-Cirgue ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 2.9%
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Saint-Cirgue has 47%. At the 2023 Census, 224 people lived here, in 94 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 12 here (8.5%). Fewer single-parent households than in 98% of compared French towns: 5.3%.
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-Cirgue
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Cirgue, 14% of its 140 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 25 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 18%, a higher share than 98% 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
Car-free households: one in 12, where the median compared French town has 11%. On second homes, Saint-Cirgue sits higher than 90% of compared French towns: 14%. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Locally, 8.5% of households have no car.
Saint-Cirgue grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 56% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Tarn town +7%.
Older than 79% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Cirgue is over 49
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Cirgue 49. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Saint-Cirgue.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 68% 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 2.4 people on average. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns.
€21,170 a year is the median standard of living here
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-Cirgue’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,170 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
Saint-Cirgue sits below 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5.3%)
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 manual worker: 11% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Cirgue, 4.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 69% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Saint-Cirgue has 3.1%. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Saint-Cirgue ranks above 79% of compared French towns on married residents: 47%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Saint-Cirgue. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Only 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-Cirgue
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
The census found that nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Saint-Cirgue. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Saint-Cirgue are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Cirgue | 49 | 24% | 14% | 4.5% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 8.1 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 8.3 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 9.7 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 11.2 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Albi 51,290 · 11.2 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 11.9 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
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 Saint-Cirgue
What is the population of Saint-Cirgue?
224 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (211).
How old are Saint-Cirgue’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Cirgue?
19, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Cirgue?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Cirgue?
€21,170 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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