La Bastide-de-Lordat: 43% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 41% of households are headed by a manual worker in La Bastide-de-Lordat. Census day 2023: 330 residents and 130 households locally. Flats account for 1%. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns.
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 La Bastide-de-Lordat
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 3.6% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
La Bastide-de-Lordat had 271 residents at the 2012 census and 330 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +22% since 2012, faster than 92% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ariège town +2%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +6%; 2017 to 2023, +15%.
Younger than 68% of compared French towns: half of La Bastide-de-Lordat is under 41.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Bastide-de-Lordat 41.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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
In La Bastide-de-Lordat, 3.6% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. The average household has 2.6 people.
Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.3%
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
13% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.8% moved in within the last two years. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 7.2%, more than in 83% of compared French towns. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town. In La Bastide-de-Lordat, 4.1% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A median of €24,220 a year per consumption unit
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 La Bastide-de-Lordat’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,220 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 23% of households are headed by a retired person
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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 11% in La Bastide-de-Lordat and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 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).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 80% of compared French towns, at 1.9%
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.
The share of immigrants trails 62% of compared French towns: 5.1%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Fewer single residents than 50% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Across La Bastide-de-Lordat, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 91% of compared French towns: 11%
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 28%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 330 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: La Bastide-de-Lordat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bastide-de-Lordat | 41.6 | 12% | 7.2% | 5.1% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 3.9 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 5.2 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 5.9 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 7.4 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 7.7 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 8.9 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 La Bastide-de-Lordat
What is the population of La Bastide-de-Lordat?
330 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (271).
How old are La Bastide-de-Lordat’s residents?
The median age is 41.6, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Bastide-de-Lordat?
10, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Bastide-de-Lordat?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Bastide-de-Lordat?
€24,220 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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