Half of Saint-Marcel-Campes is over 57.3, older than 97% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Saint-Marcel-Campes comes in at 1.8%. In 2023, the Census found 239 residents in the town, living in 110 households. Put another way, about one in 83: 1.2% of homes are flats. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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-Marcel-Campes
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 50 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Marcel-Campes, 29% of its 170 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Marcel-Campes’ residents are under 57.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Saint-Marcel-Campes (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Tarn. 13% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 29% of its homes
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
Empty homes: 4.1%, below 86% of compared French towns. Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 29%.
Faster growth than 64% of compared French towns: Saint-Marcel-Campes changed by +8% since 2012
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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Tarn town +7%.
40% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% 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-Marcel-Campes 57.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 4.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 13% in Saint-Marcel-Campes, more than in 87% 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
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Saint-Marcel-Campes. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. Each household has 2.1 people on average. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 26%, more than in 54% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €26,290 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-Marcel-Campes’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,290 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 81% of compared French towns, at 39%
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, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Marcel-Campes, 15% of residents are immigrants, more than in 86% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 13% of residents are foreign nationals in Saint-Marcel-Campes. The wider picture: 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.
58% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% 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
With single residents at 20%, Saint-Marcel-Campes is behind 92% of compared French towns on that count. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Saint-Marcel-Campes ranks above 66% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 35%
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
In Saint-Marcel-Campes, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (239 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Saint-Marcel-Campes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Marcel-Campes | 57.3 | 40% | 29% | 15% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 8.5 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 8.7 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 9.9 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 12 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 12.5 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 13.2 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
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-Marcel-Campes
What is the population of Saint-Marcel-Campes?
239 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (221).
How old are Saint-Marcel-Campes’ residents?
The median age is 57.3, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Marcel-Campes?
50, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Marcel-Campes?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Marcel-Campes?
€26,290 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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