Pradettes is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 43 residents and 20 households in Pradettes. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 25%. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Pradettes comes in at 4.3%.
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 Pradettes
An older town
Half of Pradettes’ residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Pradettes (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 9.1% for the median compared commune in Ariège. 13% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +5% since 2012 puts Pradettes ahead of 50% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +22%, and from 2017 to 2023 −14%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ariège town +2%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 4.4% in Pradettes, less than in 99% 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
■ Pradettes 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here a third of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 25% in Pradettes, less 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
Households here average 2.1 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Pradettes: 9.1% of homes are second homes, above 87% 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
Of all households, 19% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 4.8% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Pradettes sits below 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (25%)
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. By way of comparison, 32% 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).
Immigrants make up 16% in Pradettes, more than in 86% 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.
The share of foreign nationals tops 90% of compared French towns: 13%. The median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 86% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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.
Pradettes: 62% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% 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 share of single residents is 8.1%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Pradettes
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
35% of Pradettes’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 14% have no diploma (19%).
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Pradettes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pradettes | 56.5 | 33% | 9.1% | 16% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 4.2 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 7.5 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 10.3 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Foix 9,934 · 10.8 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 11.5 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 11.8 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
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 Pradettes
What is the population of Pradettes?
43 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (41).
How old are Pradettes’ residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pradettes?
2, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pradettes?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (13%). 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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