Eycheil is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.9
Flats: 4.5% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. 1.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 53. Couples with children are rarer here than in 87% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 522 residents in 260 households.
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 Eycheil
An older town
Half of Eycheil’s residents are under 55.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Eycheil had 573 residents at the 2012 census and 522 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 36 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−9% since 2012: slower than 96% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Ariège.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of compared French towns: 36%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Eycheil 55.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 39% in Eycheil, more than in 64% of compared French towns
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
There are 2 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. On single-parent households, Eycheil sits higher than 67% of compared French towns: 11%.
Eycheil sits above 85% of compared French towns for empty homes (11%)
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. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. Second homes account for 5.3%. 7.7% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%).
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,450 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.
Half of Eycheil’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,450 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
40% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 83% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 17%, Eycheil is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count. On average, 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).
Eycheil: 7.2% of residents are immigrants
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 higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.2% of residents are immigrants. Eycheil sits close to the norm on foreign nationals: 4%, about the same as 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.
Above 63% of compared French towns: 27% of residents 15 and over are single
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 Eycheil, 45% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Eycheil, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 75% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Eycheil has 21%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Eycheil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eycheil | 55.9 | 36% | 5.3% | 7.2% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 1.3 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 6.7% | 9.1% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 16.7 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Cazères 4,854 · 17.3 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.5% | 7.8% |
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 Eycheil
What is the population of Eycheil?
522 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (573).
How old are Eycheil’s residents?
The median age is 55.9, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Eycheil?
17, with occasional dwellings: 5.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Eycheil?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.2% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Eycheil?
€24,450 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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