Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Quié is over 57.9
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 43% of households are headed by a retired person here. At the same time, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Quié had 297 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census. In Quié, 4.1% of homes are flats.
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 Quié
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Quié, 10% of its 200 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 90% 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 Quié’s residents are under 57.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 26 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 10% of homes are second homes
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
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Quié. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 7.3% moved in during the last two years and 35% have stayed three decades or more. Empty homes are more common here than in 92% of compared French towns.
Slower growth than 57% of compared French towns: Quié changed by +3% since 2012
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ariège town +2%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 4.1% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Quié 57.9. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (36%), Quié is above 95% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Quié, 20% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 74% 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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 33% of households are one person living alone in Quié. Few places have so few single-parent households: 10% here, fewer than in 50% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
Median standard of living: €23,940 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.
At €23,940 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 17% in Quié, more than in 66% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 82% of compared French towns: 14% of residents are immigrants
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 median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 82% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals in Quié.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
Here 51% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Quié
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
Here 28% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 297 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 Quié
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quié | 57.9 | 36% | 10% | 14% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 0.4 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Foix 9,934 · 8.1 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 14.1 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 14.1 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 16.7 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 Quié
What is the population of Quié?
297 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (288).
How old are Quié’s residents?
The median age is 57.9, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Quié?
20, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Quié?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (8.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Quié?
€23,940 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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