A median age of 54: Cadarcet is older than 93% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Cadarcet has 48%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 211, in 110 households. Flats make up about one in 26 here (3.8%).
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 Cadarcet
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cadarcet, 22% of its 170 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cadarcet had 236 residents at the 2012 census and 211 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Cadarcet’s residents are under 54 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 21 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Just over one in ten homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 4.3%.
Slower growth than 98% of compared French towns: Cadarcet changed by −11% 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 −5%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%.
In Cadarcet, 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% 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
■ Cadarcet 54. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of Cadarcet’s residents are 65 or older, against 27% in the median Ariège town and 22% in the median compared French town; 15% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 17% of households are couples with children
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
44% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.4%, fewer than in three fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.9 people on average.
Median living standard: €23,560 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 €23,560 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 9.4% in Cadarcet, less than in 80% 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
14% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Cadarcet, 4.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 69% 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 29: that is how common foreign nationals are in Cadarcet (3.4%). Set beside that, 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 smaller share of married residents than 89% of compared French towns: 35%
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 Cadarcet, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Cadarcet, less than in 70% 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
With graduates of higher education at 36%, Cadarcet is ahead of 68% of compared French towns on that count. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Cadarcet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadarcet | 54 | 31% | 22% | 4.5% |
| Foix 9,934 · 6.4 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 7 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 8.1 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 9.3 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 10.1 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 12.6 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 Cadarcet
What is the population of Cadarcet?
211 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (236).
How old are Cadarcet’s residents?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cadarcet?
38, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cadarcet?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cadarcet?
€23,560 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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