Couples with children: 9.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
By its share of empty homes (3.9%), Tonnac is below 89% of compared French towns. The census found that 1.1% of homes are flats locally. 6.6% of residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 98% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 113 residents and 53 households here.
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 Tonnac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tonnac, 35% of its 86 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Tonnac had 125 residents at the 2012 census and 113 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Tonnac’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.5% of households have no car here. Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 39%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−10% since 2012: slower than 97% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Tarn town +7%.
Half of Tonnac is over 52.5, older than 90% 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
■ Tonnac 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
36% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 18%
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 average 2 people. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 55% of compared French towns.
64% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% 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
On the census count, 9.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Set beside that, 32% 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).
Fewer foreign nationals than 72% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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.
That is higher than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. About one in 15: that is how common immigrants are in Tonnac (6.6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 94% of compared French towns, at 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
Married residents make up 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. On average, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 60% 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
Nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 113 to 2,582 people
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 younger than Tonnac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonnac | 52.5 | 36% | 35% | 6.6% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 11.5 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 13.7 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,939 · 14.4 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 14.5 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 14.7 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 15 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
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 Tonnac
What is the population of Tonnac?
113 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (125).
How old are Tonnac’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tonnac?
30, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tonnac?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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