Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.1% of households have no car
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 19% of households are one person living alone in Saliès. The census found that 2.8% of homes are flats locally. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 86% of compared French towns. Its 340 households held 806 residents at 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.
Saliès changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 68% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Tarn town +7%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Older than 77% of compared French towns: half of Saliès is over 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saliès 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Saliès comes in at 9.2%. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (23%).
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%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 97% of compared French towns, at 5.8%
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
Couples with children make up 31%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
In Saliès, 0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of homes stand empty in Saliès. 0.6% of homes are second homes, a lower share than in 94% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 8.1% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,140 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 residents live in households above €27,140 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 94% of compared French towns: 5.9%
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
19% of Saliès’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 34% by a retired person (32%). Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 96% of compared French towns, at 0.9%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 3.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saliès ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 17%
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 in the typical compared French town, against 53% in Saliès. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns: 9.9%
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 Saliès, 43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 806 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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Saliès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saliès | 48.5 | 23% | 0.6% | 3.8% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 1.7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Albi 51,290 · 3.1 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 5.2 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 5.5 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 5.6 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 6.2 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 Saliès
What is the population of Saliès?
806 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (802).
How old are Saliès’ residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saliès?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saliès?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saliès?
€27,140 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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