6.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Gaudiès is home to 235 residents in 120 households, by the 2023 Census. Across Gaudiès, 8% of homes are flats. The share of couples with children trails 68% of compared French towns: 21%.
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 Gaudiès
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gaudiès, 13% of its 140 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 13% in Gaudiès, more than in 90% of compared French towns
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 10% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 22%. Gaudiès has fewer households without a car than 65% of compared French towns, at 8.2%. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. One household in 12 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Gaudiès’s population changed by +12% since 2012, more than in 76% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ariège town +2%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +16%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Older than 80% of compared French towns: half of Gaudiès is over 49.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gaudiès 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 26% in Gaudiès and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 38% of households are one person living alone
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
The share of single-parent households is 8.9%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Households average 2 people.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,820 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 residents live in households above €22,820 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 72% of compared French towns, at 37%
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
Across Gaudiès, 9.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Lower than in 50% of compared French towns: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 2.1%, a lower share than 77% 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.
Immigrants: 5.5% here and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% 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 single residents than 85% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Married residents: 38% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 67% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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.
Gaudiès and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaudiès | 49.2 | 26% | 13% | 5.5% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 5.6 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 6.1 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 6.9 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 8 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 8.7 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 9.4 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
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 Gaudiès
What is the population of Gaudiès?
235 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (209).
How old are Gaudiès’ residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gaudiès?
18, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gaudiès?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gaudiès?
€22,820 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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