Saint-Germier sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (1.4%)
A fifth of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 18% in Saint-Germier. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 95% of compared French towns. This Tarn town is home to 169 residents in 64 households, by the 2023 Census.
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-Germier
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Germier, 13% of its 80 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Saint-Germier had 134 residents at the 2012 census and 169 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are second homes, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Long tenure is the mark of 28% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 18% (under two years). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7.2% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
+26% since 2012, a pace 95% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Over those years, the median Tarn town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +19%, then +6% to 2023.
Half of Saint-Germier is under 39.5, younger than 82% 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-Germier 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 92% of compared French towns, at 6.7%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are couples with children here. Each household has 2.6 people on average. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €28,120 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,120 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 83% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Here 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.1% of residents are immigrants, below 72% 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.
The median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns. 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 28. 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.
54% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 20%, below 93% of compared French towns. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 89% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Graduates of higher education: 34% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (169 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Saint-Germier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germier | 39.5 | 18% | 13% | 4.1% |
| Castres 42,505 · 5 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 3% | 8.9% |
| Réalmont 3,561 · 7.2 mi | 47.7 | 29% | 3.5% | 5.5% |
| Saïx 3,748 · 7.2 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Soual 2,637 · 10.1 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 10.2 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Puylaurens 3,257 · 12.8 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
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-Germier
What is the population of Saint-Germier?
169 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (134).
How old are Saint-Germier’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Germier?
10, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Germier?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Germier?
€28,120 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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