Households without a car: 3%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Terssac, 2.2%. Locally, 20% of households are headed by a manager or professional. At 7.8%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 94% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,195, in 580 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 Terssac
An older town
Half of Terssac’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +11% since 2012 puts Terssac ahead of 73% 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 +11% and the next six ±0%.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Terssac is over 51.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Terssac 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Terssac, 28% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
In Terssac, 31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 69% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 22%, the share of couples with children is lower than in two thirds of compared French towns. Single-parent households: 9.4%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Flats make up 6.8% in Terssac, less than in 93% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.4%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 25%. Terssac has fewer empty homes than 73% of compared French towns, at 5.1%. The figure for second homes is 0.7% in Terssac and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
€28,200 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 €28,200 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 6.9% in Terssac, less than in 91% of compared French towns
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
Fewer households headed by a retired person than in 54% of compared French towns: 32%. Measured more widely, 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).
Foreign nationals: 1.3%, a lower share than 89% 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.
The median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 75% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.8% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Terssac sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (17%)
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 make up 49%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Terssac, 11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 93% 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
Graduates of higher education: 37%, above 71% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,195 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Terssac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terssac | 51.6 | 28% | 0.7% | 3.8% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 2.2 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Albi 51,290 · 3.8 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 4.9 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 5.3 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 5.7 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 6.7 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 Terssac
What is the population of Terssac?
1,195 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,074).
How old are Terssac’s residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Terssac?
4, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Terssac?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Terssac?
€28,200 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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