Households headed by a retired person make up 50% in Benagues, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Benagues is home to 488 residents in 200 households, by the 2023 Census. For Benagues, the census puts single-parent households at 5%. Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 6.4% of homes are flats here.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 59% of compared French towns grew faster than Benagues: +3%
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 population moved +8%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ariège town +2%.
A median age of 49: Benagues is older than 79% 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
■ Benagues 49. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. 21% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 86% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Households average 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Fewer one-person households than in 64% of compared French towns: 33%.
Only 6% of households have no car in Benagues
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
On second homes, 1.4% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car. About one in 14: that is how common empty homes are in Benagues (7.3%).
Median living standard: €26,800 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.
At €26,800 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
5% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 96% 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
The census found that one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Benagues. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Benagues ranks below 81% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.8%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Benagues, 4.5%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 33% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In Benagues, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Benagues, 25% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 76% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Benagues. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 488 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.
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Benagues
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benagues | 49 | 21% | 1.4% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 1 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 2.1 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 2.9 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 2.9 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Foix 9,934 · 7.8 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 11.1 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
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 Benagues
What is the population of Benagues?
488 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (475).
How old are Benagues’ residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Benagues?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Benagues?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Benagues?
€26,800 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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