In Sainte-Croix, 6.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 3.4% in Sainte-Croix. This Tarn town counted 417 residents and 180 households at the 2023 Census. For Sainte-Croix, the census puts couples with children at 33%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 97% 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.
Sainte-Croix grew +12% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 75% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +10%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Tarn town +7%.
Older than 57% of compared French towns: half of Sainte-Croix is over 45.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sainte-Croix 45.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 26% of households are one person living alone
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 10% in the typical compared French town, 5.6% of households are single parents here. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
5.7% of homes are flats, below 94% 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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Sainte-Croix has 5.1%. Higher than in 63% of compared French towns: 3.1% of homes are second homes. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 8.4% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more.
€27,220 a year: the median standard of living
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 €27,220 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
5.6% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 95% of compared French towns
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
In Sainte-Croix, 28% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 8.3% here, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 1.7% in Sainte-Croix, less than in 84% 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.
Here 4.5% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in just over two thirds 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Sainte-Croix has 49%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns: 8.1%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Sainte-Croix. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Sainte-Croix
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Croix | 45.1 | 22% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 3 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 4.6 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Albi 51,290 · 4.8 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 5.1 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 5.8 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 6.7 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
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-Croix
What is the population of Sainte-Croix?
417 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (373).
How old are Sainte-Croix’s residents?
The median age is 45.1, older than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Croix?
6, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Croix?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Croix?
€27,220 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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