Half of La Bastide-du-Salat is over 53.9, older than 92% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in La Bastide-du-Salat comes in at 3.9%. The census found that 14% of households are couples with children here. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Ariège town is home to 203 residents in 100 households, by the 2023 Census.
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-du-Salat
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Bastide-du-Salat, 17% of its 130 homes: higher than in 92% 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 La Bastide-du-Salat’s residents are under 53.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
1% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% 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
19% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 4.9% moved in within the last two years. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. La Bastide-du-Salat has fewer flats than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.1%. In La Bastide-du-Salat, 2.8% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A +3% change since 2012: slower than 59% 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
In two steps, −8% to 2017 and +12% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Ariège.
La Bastide-du-Salat sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (3%)
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-du-Salat 53.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, above 76% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
Single-parent households: 19%, a higher share than 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
Households average 2 people. A third of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 61% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
€23,380 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €23,380 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 89% of compared French towns, at 43%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (9.6%), La Bastide-du-Salat is below nearly four fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 74% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in La Bastide-du-Salat, 2%. The wider picture: 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.
La Bastide-du-Salat sits below 84% of compared French towns for married residents (37%)
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
The share of single residents is 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 13% in La Bastide-du-Salat, less than in 84% 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
Here, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 203 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as La Bastide-du-Salat
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-du-Salat | 53.9 | 27% | 17% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 9.5 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 6.7% | 9.1% |
| Cazères 4,854 · 11.8 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.5% | 7.8% |
| Saint-Gaudens 12,139 · 13.8 mi | 50.1 | 31% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 15.7 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Rieux-Volvestre 2,639 · 17.3 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
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-du-Salat
What is the population of La Bastide-du-Salat?
203 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (198).
How old are La Bastide-du-Salat’s residents?
The median age is 53.9, older than 92% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Bastide-du-Salat?
21, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Bastide-du-Salat?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Bastide-du-Salat?
€23,380 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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