46% of homes are second homes, more than in 97% of compared French towns
The share of flats trails 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%. The 2023 Census put Burret’s population at 44, in 23 households. Census figures put one-person households at 25% in the town. At 4.3%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
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 Burret
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Burret, 46% of its 52 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many graduates
53% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 16% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Burret, 9.6% of homes stand empty, more than in 77% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 17% of households arrived within the last two years, while 13% have stayed 30 years or more.
From 2012 to 2023, 70% of compared French towns grew faster than Burret: ±0%
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, −11% to 2017 and +13% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Ariège.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, a lower share than 87% 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
■ Burret 47. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The median age in Burret is 47, higher than in 69% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
About 69 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Average household size: 1.9 people. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Burret sits lower than 51% of compared French towns: 25%.
In Burret, 25% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 94% 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
Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 68% 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.
About one in 22: that is how common foreign nationals are in Burret (4.5%). Measured more widely, 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.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 38% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Locally, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In Burret, 7.9% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
53% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (44 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Burret
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burret | 47 | 16% | 46% | 4.5% |
| Foix 9,934 · 6.8 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 9.7 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 10.4 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 12.1 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 13.6 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 14 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
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 Burret
What is the population of Burret?
44 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (44).
How old are Burret’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Burret?
24, with occasional dwellings: 46% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Burret?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (4.5%). 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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