Illier-et-Laramade is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 71.5
Households headed by a retired person: 100% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, at 3.8%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Illier-et-Laramade had 39 residents in 24 households at the 2023 census. The census found that nearly one in ten homes are flats locally.
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 Illier-et-Laramade
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 54 second homes and occasional dwellings in Illier-et-Laramade, 67% of its 82 homes: higher than in 99% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Illier-et-Laramade’s residents are under 71.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 68% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 22% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Illier-et-Laramade had 20 residents at the 2012 census and 39 in 2023, up 95%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Illier-et-Laramade’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 28% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 67% of its homes
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
Long tenure is the mark of 39% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.7% (under two years). The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A growing town: +95% since 2012, faster than 99% 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. Here the change came as +25% to 2017, then +56% to 2023.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 68% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Illier-et-Laramade 71.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 50% 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
A household here holds 1.6 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The largest group of households: retired (100%)
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 60% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Illier-et-Laramade sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (72%)
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 5.6% in Illier-et-Laramade. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 33% in Illier-et-Laramade, more than in 61% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (17%), Illier-et-Laramade is below 63% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 39 to 2,582 people
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 71.5 in Illier-et-Laramade.
Illier-et-Laramade is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illier-et-Laramade | 71.5 | 68% | 67% | 5.4% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 5 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Foix 9,934 · 12.7 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 18 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
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 Illier-et-Laramade
What is the population of Illier-et-Laramade?
39 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 95% more than in 2012 (20).
How old are Illier-et-Laramade’s residents?
The median age is 71.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 2.7% are under 18 and 68% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Illier-et-Laramade?
54, with occasional dwellings: 67% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Illier-et-Laramade?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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