Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.2% of households have no car
In Aigues-Vives, 3.2% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Across Aigues-Vives, 7% of households are single parents. Half of the town’s residents are over 50.5, older than in 85% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 625 people lived locally, in 290 households.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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.
Slower growth than 51% of compared French towns: Aigues-Vives changed by +5% since 2012
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 +11%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%.
Aigues-Vives: 24% of residents are 65 or over, above 62% 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
■ Aigues-Vives 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in nine: just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Aigues-Vives, 29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 83% 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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are couples with children here. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
A lower share of flats than 97% of compared French towns, at 4.3%
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%. Put another way, about one in 19: 5.2% of homes are second homes.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,850 a year
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 median standard of living in Aigues-Vives is €24,850 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Only 9.8% of households are headed by a manual worker in Aigues-Vives
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
6.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). On the census count, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. As a yardstick, 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).
Immigrants: 11%, a higher share than 73% 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.
Here, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. Elsewhere, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 90% of compared French towns, at 50%
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
The figure for single residents is 22% in Aigues-Vives and 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Aigues-Vives, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 80% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Aigues-Vives comes in at 22%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 625 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).
Aigues-Vives and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aigues-Vives | 50.5 | 24% | 5.2% | 11% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 4.6 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 6.5 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 13 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 13.5 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Foix 9,934 · 13.8 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 14.2 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
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 Aigues-Vives
What is the population of Aigues-Vives?
625 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (598).
How old are Aigues-Vives’ residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aigues-Vives?
16, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aigues-Vives?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aigues-Vives?
€24,850 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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