In Sérénac, 0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24 in Sérénac. At the 2023 Census Sérénac was home to 504 people in 170 households. In Sérénac, 2.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 5.8% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 94% 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 Sérénac
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sérénac, 12% of its 220 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 27 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 89% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up just over one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 25%. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. More empty homes than in 88% of compared French towns: 12%. Still, the share of households without a car trails 86% of compared French towns: 5.3%.
Sérénac’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 59% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Tarn. Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 82% of compared French towns: 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sérénac 47. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Sérénac is 47, higher than in 69% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
21% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are couples with children here. Average household size: 2.2 people. At 35%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 51% of compared French towns. Typically, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,240 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 median standard of living in Sérénac is €22,240 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 73% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Here, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker 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 94% of compared French towns, at 1%
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.
The share of immigrants trails 77% of compared French towns: 3.6%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 Sérénac, 30% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 98% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
More adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 38%
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
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (504 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Sérénac and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sérénac | 47 | 29% | 12% | 3.6% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 6.1 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 6.4 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 7.7 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Albi 51,290 · 9.3 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 9.3 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 9.9 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
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 Sérénac
What is the population of Sérénac?
504 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (471).
How old are Sérénac’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sérénac?
26, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sérénac?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sérénac?
€22,240 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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