Fewer couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 11%
Here 28% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Few places have so few flats: 5.2% here, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns. There were 90 households in Orgibet at the 2023 Census, home to 162 residents. Residents aged 15 to 24: 3.7% of the total.
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 Orgibet
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Orgibet, 51% of its 210 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
56% of Orgibet’s households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 42% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Orgibet’s residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Orgibet sits above 97% of compared French towns for second homes (51%)
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 13, where the median compared French town has 11%. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, 1.1% of households rent social housing (HLM). Few places have so few households without a car: 7.7% here, fewer than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
Orgibet’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 57% 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 +19%; 2017 to 2023, −13%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ariège town +2%.
Orgibet is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Orgibet 55. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 35% in Orgibet.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns, at 56%
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 1.8 people on average. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.6%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,130 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,130 a year: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 92% of compared French towns, at 44%
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. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 5.5% in Orgibet, more than in 60% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. The share of immigrants stands at 6.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
35% of residents 15 and over are married, below 89% 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
For Orgibet, the census puts single residents at 25%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 35% and 4.9%, and 7.6% are widowed.
Adults with no qualification make up 11% in Orgibet, less than in 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
With graduates of higher education at 21%, Orgibet is behind just over four fifths of compared French towns on that count. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
6th highest median age among 41 French towns of 162 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Orgibet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orgibet | 55 | 35% | 51% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 11 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 6.7% | 9.1% |
| Saint-Gaudens 12,139 · 16.5 mi | 50.1 | 31% | 2.3% | 11% |
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 Orgibet
What is the population of Orgibet?
162 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (157).
How old are Orgibet’s residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orgibet?
110, with occasional dwellings: 51% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orgibet?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orgibet?
€22,130 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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