Técou sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (41%)
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, below 86% of compared French towns. Few places have so few households without a car: 3.1% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. Técou’s 420 households held 1,103 residents at the 2023 Census. Flats: 1.3% of the total.
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 Técou
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 4.8% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Técou had 935 residents at the 2012 census and 1,103 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Técou outgrew 87% of compared French towns: +18%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +4%; from 2017 to 2023, +13%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Tarn town +7%.
A median age of 41.5: Técou is younger than 69% 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
■ Técou 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Técou, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 17% in Técou, less than in 99% 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
By its share of single-parent households (4.8%), Técou is below 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.6 people in the average household.
A smaller share of empty homes than 87% of compared French towns: 4%
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
8.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There is little gap on second homes: 1.8%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,480 a year per consumption unit
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 Técou’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,480 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 80% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
12% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 8.3% in Técou. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.8% of residents are immigrants in Técou
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Técou, 1.5%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 84% 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.
Fewer single residents than 95% of compared French towns: 19%
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 Técou comes in at 47%. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 73% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Técou, 15%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,103 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Técou is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Técou | 41.5 | 16% | 1.8% | 2.8% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 4.5 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 6.6 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Graulhet 13,129 · 6.6 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 1.8% | 14% |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,939 · 6.8 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Rabastens 5,867 · 10.8 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.8% | 5.1% |
| Coufouleux 3,057 · 10.8 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 1.8% | 4.4% |
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 Técou
What is the population of Técou?
1,103 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (935).
How old are Técou’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Técou?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Técou?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Técou?
€26,480 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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