1.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% of compared French towns
1.9% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). The 2023 Census counted 552 residents in 260 households. Census figures put flats at 7.8% in Tanus. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 97% 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 Tanus
Empty homes
The census found 56 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Tanus outgrew 53% of compared French towns: +6%
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 +2%; the six to 2023, +4%.
Older than 70% of compared French towns: half of Tanus is over 47.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tanus 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23% of the total.
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 smaller share of one-person households than 60% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Households here average 2.1 people each. Tanus has fewer couples with children than 56% of compared French towns, at 24%. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Empty homes make up 16% in Tanus, more than in 97% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.6% (under two years). Few places have as many second homes: 8.2% here, more than in 86% of compared French towns. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Here 5.9% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
€23,930 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €23,930 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Only 5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Tanus
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
Households headed by a retired person: 28%, below three quarters of compared French towns. What’s more, on households headed by a manual worker, Tanus sits lower than 56% of compared French towns: 13%. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 61% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 6.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 21% in Tanus, less than in 85% 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
Married residents account for 42%. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 80% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Put another way, about one in three: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 552 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Tanus
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanus | 47.2 | 23% | 8.2% | 6.1% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 8.3 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 9.3 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 11.2 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 12 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 12.3 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 12.3 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
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 Tanus
What is the population of Tanus?
552 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (523).
How old are Tanus’ residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tanus?
28, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tanus?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tanus?
€23,930 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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