A median age of 54.3: Ilhat is older than 93% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 122 residents in 56 households. Here, 18% of households are single parents. 5.9% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
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 Ilhat
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ilhat, 28% of its 84 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 Ilhat’s residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Ilhat, 28% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 28%.
Ilhat changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, behind 84% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Ariège town, the change came in two steps: −13% from 2012 to 2017, then +10% to 2023.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 14% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ilhat 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 29%, Ilhat is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. For 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%.
A lower share of one-person households than 88% of compared French towns, at 27%
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 typical household size is 2.2 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In Ilhat, 18% of households are couples with children.
Median living standard: €21,020 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 Ilhat’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,020 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
36% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 99% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 27% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 11%
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.
In Ilhat, 7.2% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Ilhat ranks above 82% of compared French towns on married residents: 48%
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
By its share of single residents (23%), Ilhat is below 74% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 75% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 122 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Ilhat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilhat | 54.3 | 29% | 28% | 11% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 3.8 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Foix 9,934 · 8.8 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 9.9 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 10.3 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 11.8 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 11.9 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 Ilhat
What is the population of Ilhat?
122 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (127).
How old are Ilhat’s residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ilhat?
24, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ilhat?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (7.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ilhat?
€21,020 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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