Half of Le Pla is over 68, older than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Le Pla has 1.2%. The town is home to 61 residents in 39 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 63% of households are headed by a retired person. At 4.9%, the share of flats is lower than in 96% 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 Le Pla
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Pla, 74% of its 160 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Le Pla’s residents are under 68 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 65% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 18% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Le Pla’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 30% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 74% of homes are second 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
In Le Pla, 7.5% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. On top of that, the town has fewer households in social housing than 96% of compared French towns, at 2.5%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Long tenure is the mark of 25% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5% (under two years).
Le Pla’s population changed by +15% since 2012, more than in 82% 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, +4% to 2017 and +11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Ariège.
Le Pla ranks above 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 65%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Pla 68. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 50% in Le Pla, more than in 94% 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
Each household has 1.6 people on average. Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Le Pla has 12%.
The largest group of households: retired (63%)
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 manager or professional 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).
More immigrants than 61% of compared French towns: 8.1%
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 median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 4.8% in Le Pla.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
63% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here 6.7% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 90% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 32%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 61 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 68 in Le Pla.
Le Pla and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Pla | 68 | 65% | 74% | 8.1% |
| Quillan 2,978 · 12.4 mi | 59.1 | 38% | 19% | 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 Le Pla
What is the population of Le Pla?
61 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (53).
How old are Le Pla’s residents?
The median age is 68, older than 99% of compared French towns. 3.2% are under 18 and 65% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Pla?
120, with occasional dwellings: 74% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Pla?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (4.8%). 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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