Half of Contrazy is over 57, older than 96% of compared French towns
The share of flats trails 99% of compared French towns: 2%. Couples with children are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Contrazy’s population at 76, in 34 households. Census figures put households without a car at 2.8% 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.
What stands out about the people of Contrazy
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Contrazy, 29% of its 48 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Contrazy’s residents are under 57 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Contrazy sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (29%)
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
Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 5.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 36% have stayed 30 years or more. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
+12% since 2012, a pace 75% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +1%, then +10% to 2023. Over those years, the median Ariège town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 3.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Contrazy 57. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Contrazy has 36%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 29% of households are single parents
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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 29% of households are one person living alone.
More households headed by a retired person than 90% of compared French towns: 43%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Contrazy, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Contrazy sits above 72% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (7.5%)
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 57% of compared French towns. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Immigrants make up about one in 13 here (7.5%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 29% in Contrazy, more than in 74% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 41% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 88% 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
Here a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 76 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Contrazy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contrazy | 57 | 36% | 29% | 7.5% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 6 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 6.7% | 9.1% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 10.2 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Cazères 4,854 · 12.1 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.5% | 7.8% |
| Rieux-Volvestre 2,639 · 13.8 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| Carbonne 5,563 · 16.9 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 5.9% |
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 Contrazy
What is the population of Contrazy?
76 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (68).
How old are Contrazy’s residents?
The median age is 57, older than 96% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Contrazy?
14, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Contrazy?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (7.5%). 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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