Salles is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.2
The share of households in social housing is 1.8%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 17: 5.8% of households are single parents. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 1.2% 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 Salles
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Salles, 22% of its 140 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Salles’ residents are under 57.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Salles: 22% of homes are second homes, above 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
14% of households arrived within the last two years, while 23% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have as many empty homes: 9.8% here, more than in 78% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. The share of households without a car is 10%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Salles changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 57% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Tarn town +7%. The first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, +3%.
In Salles, 3.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Salles 57.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 36% in Salles. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Only 12% of households are couples with children in Salles
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
In Salles, 41% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.9 people on average. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €21,630 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 €21,630 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a retired person, below 84% 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 Salles, 9.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 51% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Salles sits above 80% of compared French towns for immigrants (13%)
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.
Nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. By way of comparison, 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.
In Salles, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Salles comes in at 41%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 68% of compared French towns: 16%
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 share of graduates of higher education tops 56% of compared French towns: 32%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Salles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salles | 57.2 | 36% | 22% | 13% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 6 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 6.2 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 7.8 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 10.3 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 11.2 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Albi 51,290 · 11.4 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 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 Salles
What is the population of Salles?
191 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (185).
How old are Salles’ residents?
The median age is 57.2, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salles?
30, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salles?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (8.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salles?
€21,630 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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