A smaller share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns: 22%
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Taïx comes in at 3.5%. For Taïx, the census puts flats at 4.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Taïx was home to 553 people in 230 households.
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 Taïx
Growing fast
Taïx had 411 residents at the 2012 census and 553 in 2023, up 35%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.7% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +35% change since 2012: faster than 98% 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
The median Tarn town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +14% and the next six +18%.
Taïx is younger than 77% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Taïx 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Taïx. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 10%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 35% in Taïx, more than in 92% of compared French towns
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
The average household has 2.4 people. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. Taïx has fewer single-parent households than 71% of compared French towns, at 8.7%.
A smaller share of empty homes than 82% of compared French towns: 4.5%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years). The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in 55% of compared French towns.
At the median, €25,250 a year to live on
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 Taïx’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,250 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 72% of compared French towns: 6.5%
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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Higher than in just over half of compared French towns: 33% of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Taïx, 0.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Taïx sits below 86% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 40% of residents 15 and over are married in Taïx. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns
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
About one in three: that is how common graduates of higher education are in Taïx (30%). Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 553 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th youngest
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.
Every neighbor is older than Taïx
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taïx | 40.4 | 20% | 2.4% | 0.7% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 2 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 2.3 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 3.3 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 4.6 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 5.7 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Albi 51,290 · 6 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 Taïx
What is the population of Taïx?
553 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% more than in 2012 (411).
How old are Taïx’s residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taïx?
6, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taïx?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Taïx?
€25,250 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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