62% of homes are second homes, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
The share of empty homes is 2.3%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 142 people lived in Miglos, in 77 households. Flats account for 4.7%. 47% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 88% 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 Miglos
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Miglos, 62% of its 210 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 Miglos’ residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Miglos had 118 residents at the 2012 census and 142 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of households without a car than 56% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 16%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Growth of +20% since 2012 puts Miglos ahead of 91% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, +21%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ariège town +2%.
Older than 94% of compared French towns: half of Miglos is over 54.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Miglos 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 36% in Miglos. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 6.3% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 92% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Miglos comes in at 20%. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 1.8 people in the average household.
At the median, €19,860 a year to live on
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.
The median standard of living in Miglos is €19,860 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 71% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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 make up about one in eight here (13%). Higher than in 55% of compared French towns: 33% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Miglos sits below 64% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.9%)
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Miglos comes in at 2.8%. The median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 64% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 23% in Miglos, less than in 69% of compared French towns
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
Married residents: 44% of the total. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Miglos ranks below 98% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 8.7%
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
In Miglos, 39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 142 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 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Miglos
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miglos | 54.8 | 36% | 62% | 4.9% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 4 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Foix 9,934 · 12 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 15.8 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 18 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
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 Miglos
What is the population of Miglos?
142 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (118).
How old are Miglos’ residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Miglos?
130, with occasional dwellings: 62% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Miglos?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Miglos?
€19,860 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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