2.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Vielmur-sur-Agout comes in at 7.2%. 6.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,375 residents and 630 households locally. The share of flats stands at 8.8%.
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 Vielmur-sur-Agout
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vielmur-sur-Agout had 1,473 residents at the 2012 census and 1,375 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Vielmur-sur-Agout has changed by −7%, slower than 92% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Tarn town +7%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%.
Vielmur-sur-Agout is older than 73% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vielmur-sur-Agout 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Vielmur-sur-Agout, 9.6%. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% locally.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Vielmur-sur-Agout, 32% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 67% 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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Vielmur-sur-Agout has 27%.
More empty homes than 75% of compared French towns: 9.4%
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
In the last two years, 7.5% of households moved in; at the other end, 22% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Vielmur-sur-Agout has more second homes than 71% of compared French towns, at 4%. One household in 16 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
€25,150 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,150 a year: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 72% of compared French towns: 14%
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 manual worker: 11% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Roughly three in ten: 32% 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).
Immigrants: 3.1%, a lower share than 80% 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 80% of compared French towns. The census found that 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Vielmur-sur-Agout. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
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 23% in Vielmur-sur-Agout, less than in 75% 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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 68% of compared French towns: 16%
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
On the census count, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 1,375 to 2,582 people, 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Vielmur-sur-Agout sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vielmur-sur-Agout | 47.7 | 22% | 4% | 3.1% |
| Saïx 3,748 · 5 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Soual 2,637 · 5.2 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Puylaurens 3,257 · 5.4 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Castres 42,505 · 7.7 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 3% | 8.9% |
| Graulhet 13,129 · 10.6 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 1.8% | 14% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 10.7 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
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 Vielmur-sur-Agout
What is the population of Vielmur-sur-Agout?
1,375 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,473).
How old are Vielmur-sur-Agout’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vielmur-sur-Agout?
29, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vielmur-sur-Agout?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vielmur-sur-Agout?
€25,150 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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