27% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Carla-Bayle comes in at 17%. Households in social housing: 0.8% of the total. Few places have so few flats: 8.1% here, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. Its 340 households held 787 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Carla-Bayle
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Carla-Bayle, 27% of its 520 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Carla-Bayle (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 9.1% for the median compared commune in Ariège. 18% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 4.6% of households have no car
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 10% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 16%. Empty homes are more common here than in 51% of compared French towns. The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 67% 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
The median Ariège town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six +1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.8%, a lower share than 94% 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
■ Carla-Bayle 44. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Carla-Bayle, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. With a median age of 44, Carla-Bayle is older than half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 85% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Here 42% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €21,350 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.
The median standard of living in Carla-Bayle is €21,350 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
Carla-Bayle ranks above 76% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 38%
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 manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Carla-Bayle. Few places have as many households headed by a manager or professional: 9.7% here, more than in 51% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
18% of residents are immigrants, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
The median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 91% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Carla-Bayle has 18%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 94% of compared French towns: 37%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Carla-Bayle comes in at 33%. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 69% of compared French towns: 36%
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 21% in Carla-Bayle and 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 787 to 2,582 people, the 16th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Carla-Bayle, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carla-Bayle | 44 | 21% | 27% | 18% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 8.4 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 11.4 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Rieux-Volvestre 2,639 · 11.5 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 12.3 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Carbonne 5,563 · 12.9 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 5.9% |
| Cintegabelle 3,006 · 13.2 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 3.2% | 4.5% |
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 Carla-Bayle
What is the population of Carla-Bayle?
787 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (782).
How old are Carla-Bayle’s residents?
The median age is 44, older than 50% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carla-Bayle?
140, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carla-Bayle?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (18%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carla-Bayle?
€21,350 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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