36% of households are couples with children, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 4.1% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 24. Pradières is home to 124 residents in 54 households, by the 2023 Census. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Pradières has 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 Pradières
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pradières, 13% of its 69 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 13%
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
By its share of households without a car (9.4%), Pradières is below 57% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 38% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.7% (under two years). More empty homes than in 58% of compared French towns: 7.4%.
A growing town: +8% since 2012, faster than 62% 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 first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, +8%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ariège town +2%.
A median age of 46.3: Pradières is older than 65% 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
■ Pradières 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Pradières, 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 88% 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
Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 9.1%. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
Half above, half below €25,010 a year in standard of living
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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,010 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 55%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0.8% in Pradières, less than in 99% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.8% in Pradières. On average, 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.
Fewer single residents than 95% of compared French towns: 19%
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
More married residents than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 44%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Pradières, less than in 84% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (14%), Pradières is below 78% of compared French towns. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 124 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Pradières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pradières | 46.3 | 25% | 13% | 0.8% |
| Foix 9,934 · 2 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 5.5 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 8.1 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 8.8 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 9.3 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 10.3 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
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 Pradières
What is the population of Pradières?
124 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (115).
How old are Pradières’ residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pradières?
9, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pradières?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pradières?
€25,010 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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