La Bastide-de-Sérou isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 14% of homes here are second homes. The median sale price is €1,274/m². It skews older: nearly a third of residents are 65 or over.
What makes La Bastide-de-Sérou stand out
The 3 things La Bastide-de-Sérou does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Bastide-de-Sérou.
Who lives here
Few people in La Bastide-de-Sérou are 15 to 24: 7%, fewer than in Ariège’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up nearly a third of the town, above both Ariège’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 13% of the people here. Line up the people of La Bastide-de-Sérou by age and the one in the middle is 52.7.
52.7median age
La Bastide-de-SérouAriège medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
La Bastide-de-Sérou keeps more of its old housing than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 42% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
La Bastide-de-Sérou has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Mine antique de cuivre. The oldest protected building goes back to Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
La Bastide-de-Sérou has higher unemployment than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 20.1%
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €20,680 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in La Bastide-de-Sérou number 400, against 350 residents in work (1.1 per worker). No commute at all: 11.6% of working residents in the town at the census.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot10%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
400
jobs based in La Bastide-de-Sérou, 1.1 per working resident
20.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,680
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About La Bastide-de-Sérou
Commune in Ariège, Occitanie
La Bastide-de-Sérou is a commune of 965 people in the Communauté de communes Couserans-Pyrénées. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
