Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.1% of households rent social housing (HLM)
The figure for second homes is 8.9% in Sorèze and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 2,965 residents and 1,370 households locally. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24. At 16%, the share of flats is lower than in three quarters 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.
Faster growth than 72% of compared French towns: Sorèze changed by +11% since 2012
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%.
Older than 84% of compared French towns: half of Sorèze is over 50.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sorèze 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 28% of residents are 65 or over in Sorèze.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Only 21% of households are couples with children in Sorèze
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
8.8% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Few places have as many one-person households: 37% here, more than in 57% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people.
In Sorèze, 10% of homes stand empty, more than in 81% 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
One household in 15 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). On households without a car, Sorèze sits lower than 75% of compared French towns: 6.8%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €24,080 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 Sorèze’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,080 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 70% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 16.0%.
Sorèze ranks above 64% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 35%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Sorèze has 16%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 66% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.1% of residents are foreign nationals, below 63% 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.
For Sorèze, the census puts immigrants at 5.8%. That is lower than in 56% 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.
Married residents make up 42% in Sorèze, less than in 53% 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
Here, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Sorèze ranks below 55% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 28%
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
Here, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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.
Ages run from 40.5 in Gorcy to 60.1 in Vimoutiers.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Sorèze
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorèze | 50.3 | 28% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| Revel 9,762 · 2.5 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 3% | 6.1% |
| Soual 2,637 · 8 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Puylaurens 3,257 · 8.8 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 10.4 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Saïx 3,748 · 10.9 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 12 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
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 Sorèze
What is the population of Sorèze?
2,965 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (2,675).
How old are Sorèze’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sorèze?
150, with occasional dwellings: 8.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sorèze?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 93 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sorèze?
€24,080 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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