Mirepoix is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.1
The share of households in social housing trails 92% of compared French towns: 3.5%. In 2023, the Census found 3,172 residents in Mirepoix, living in 1,670 households. On the census count, 43% of households are headed by a retired person. Higher than in 80% of compared French towns: 10% of homes stand empty.
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 Mirepoix
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 270 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mirepoix, 13% of its 2,150 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 80% 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 Mirepoix’s residents are under 55.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
47% of Mirepoix’s households are one person: higher than in 88% of compared French towns; 36% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 13% in Mirepoix, more than in 90% 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
Car-free households: one in seven, where the median compared French town has 11%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. The census found that 14% of households have no car in Mirepoix. Flats are rarer here than in 56% of compared French towns.
+2% since 2012, a pace below 63% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ariège town +2%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, ±0%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 35%, a higher share than 93% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mirepoix 55.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Couples with children: 13%, a lower share than 96% 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 here average 1.8 people each. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in 88% of compared French towns: 47%. On top of that, with single-parent households at 11%, Mirepoix is ahead of 58% of compared French towns on that count.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,180 a year
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 €23,180 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns. 20.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
Mirepoix ranks below 71% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 11%
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
8.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 12. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Mirepoix, 10% of residents are immigrants, more than in 71% of compared French towns
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.
Foreign nationals: 7.7%, above 73% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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.
Married residents: 38%, a lower share than 79% 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
The figure for single residents is 29% in Mirepoix and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Mirepoix sits above 58% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (32%)
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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in six here (18%). The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,152 to 3,192 people: this is the 4th 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.
Longperrier is the youngest (33.7); Meschers-sur-Gironde the oldest (66.1).
Every neighbor is younger than Mirepoix
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirepoix | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 11 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 11.1 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 12.5 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 12.6 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 13.2 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 14.6 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
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 Mirepoix
What is the population of Mirepoix?
3,172 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (3,123).
How old are Mirepoix’s residents?
The median age is 55.1, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mirepoix?
270, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mirepoix?
INSEE counts 320 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 240 foreign nationals (7.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mirepoix?
€23,180 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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