Couples with children: 9.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou has 1.7%. This Tarn town had 126 residents in 58 households at the 2023 census. Households headed by a retired person: 55% of the total. Lower than in 96% of compared French towns: 4.7% 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 Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou, 18% of its 85 homes: higher than in 92% 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 Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 18% in Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou, more than in 92% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou, the census puts empty homes at 14%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 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%.
Half of Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou is over 55.5, older than 95% 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
■ Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 29% of residents are 65 or over in Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou. In Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou, 4% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
36% of households are single parents, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou has 27%. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
The largest group of households: retired (55%)
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 85% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Just over one in ten residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. That is higher than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 71% of compared French towns: 23%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou
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 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 126 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou | 55.5 | 29% | 18% | 12% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 8 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,939 · 9.4 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 12.7 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Rabastens 5,867 · 12.8 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.8% | 5.1% |
| Coufouleux 3,057 · 14.1 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 1.8% | 4.4% |
| Nègrepelisse 5,917 · 15 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
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 Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou
What is the population of Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou?
126 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (122).
How old are Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou?
15, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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