Arabaux sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (3.8%)
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Arabaux comes in at 2.2%. More second homes than in 74% of compared French towns: 4.5%. The town is home to 79 residents in 40 households, by the 2023 Census. 44% more people than in 2012.
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.
What stands out about the people of Arabaux
Growing fast
Arabaux had 55 residents at the 2012 census and 79 in 2023, up 44%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Arabaux’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 44% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Arabaux outgrew 99% of compared French towns: +44%
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
In two steps, +38% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Ariège.
Arabaux is older than 81% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arabaux 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 50%, a higher share than 94% 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
Each household has 2 people on average. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. A quarter of households are couples with children, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 5%, a lower share than 88% 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
Car-free households: one in 20, where the median compared French town has 11%. Turnover: 7.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 18% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns, at 50%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. In Arabaux, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.8%, a lower share than 75% 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.
2.5% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Arabaux
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 share of married residents trails 90% of compared French towns: 35%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns: 42%
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
With adults with no qualification at 15%, Arabaux is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (79 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Arabaux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabaux | 49.5 | 23% | 4.5% | 3.8% |
| Foix 9,934 · 2.2 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 4.5 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 7.1 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 8.4 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 9.3 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 9.7 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
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 Arabaux
What is the population of Arabaux?
79 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 44% more than in 2012 (55).
How old are Arabaux’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arabaux?
2, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arabaux?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 2 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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