A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns, at 67%
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes are flats here. In 2023, the Census found 43 residents in Raissac, living in 19 households. About one in six: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Raissac (16%). Lower than in 58% of compared French towns: 6.2% 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 Raissac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 6 second homes and occasional dwellings in Raissac, 22% of its 27 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 71% 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 Raissac’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 7.9% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
22% of homes in Raissac 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 70% of compared French towns: Raissac changed by ±0% 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
Here the change came as +12% to 2017, then −10% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Ariège.
A median age of 53: Raissac is older than 91% 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
■ Raissac 53. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 26%, Raissac is ahead of 73% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 88% of compared French towns, at 33%
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 rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Each household has 2.2 people on average. The share of one-person households trails 59% of compared French towns: 33%.
In Raissac, 33% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 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% of Raissac’s residents
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Raissac
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Raissac, 49%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 13% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (43 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Raissac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raissac | 53 | 26% | 22% | 0% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 1.9 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Foix 9,934 · 10.5 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 10.7 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 11.8 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 12.5 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 13.8 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 Raissac
What is the population of Raissac?
43 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (43).
How old are Raissac’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Raissac?
6, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Raissac?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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