Half of Esclagne is over 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Esclagne is home to 119 residents in 59 households, by the 2023 Census. Across Esclagne, 6.9% of homes are second homes. With couples with children at 17%, Esclagne is behind 86% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Esclagne
An older town
Half of Esclagne’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Esclagne outgrew 56% of compared French towns: +6%
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 +30%, and from 2017 to 2023 −18%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ariège town +2%.
3.2% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Esclagne 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
36% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 94% 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
On average, 2 people share a household. Lower than in 76% of compared French towns: 8.3% of households are single parents. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Esclagne ranks above 90% of compared French towns on empty homes: 12%
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 share of households without a car stands at 8.1%. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €22,370 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.
Living standards centre on €22,370 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 87% of compared French towns: 42%
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
On the census count, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Set beside that, 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).
Esclagne sits below 85% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.6%)
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 51% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. The census found that 6.3% of residents are immigrants in Esclagne.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
13% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
Here 54% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
24% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 119 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Esclagne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esclagne | 56.5 | 36% | 6.9% | 6.3% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 3.3 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 7.7 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 12.2 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Foix 9,934 · 12.4 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 13.2 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 13.6 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
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 Esclagne
What is the population of Esclagne?
119 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (112).
How old are Esclagne’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Esclagne?
5, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Esclagne?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Esclagne?
€22,370 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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