41% of homes are second homes, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Axiat, 3% of homes are flats. This Ariège town had 33 residents in 20 households at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.1% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Axiat
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Axiat, 41% of its 39 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Axiat’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 73% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Axiat had 35 residents at the 2012 census and 33 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Axiat’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
18% of households have no car, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Higher than in 56% of compared French towns: 7.2% of homes stand empty. The wider picture: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Axiat changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, behind 90% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +17%, then −20% to 2023. Over those years, the median Ariège town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%.
Axiat ranks above 97% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 39%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Axiat 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Axiat’s residents are over 51, older than in 86% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 75 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
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
There are 1.7 people in the average household. As a yardstick, just over a third 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. Couples with children: 25%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Axiat, 75% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 77% of compared French towns: 3.6% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 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.
Married residents make up 17% in Axiat, less than in 99% 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
For Axiat, the census puts single residents at 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Only 12% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Axiat
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Axiat, 25%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (33 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
Axiat sits below 2 of its 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axiat | 51 | 39% | 41% | 3.6% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 8.9 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 11.3 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Foix 9,934 · 14.5 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
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 Axiat
What is the population of Axiat?
33 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (35).
How old are Axiat’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Axiat?
16, with occasional dwellings: 41% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Axiat?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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