Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Taurignan-Castet is over 53.5
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Taurignan-Castet, 60%. This Ariège town counted 163 residents and 79 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households in social housing at 2.5% locally. 6.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns.
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 Taurignan-Castet
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Taurignan-Castet, 13% of its 100 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Taurignan-Castet had 178 residents at the 2012 census and 163 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Taurignan-Castet’s residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Taurignan-Castet, 5.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 94% 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
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Taurignan-Castet, 5.1%. Second homes: 13% of the total. Empty homes are more common here than in 82% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Taurignan-Castet changed by −8% from 2012 to 2023, behind 95% 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 change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ariège town +2%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.4%, a lower share than 96% 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
■ Taurignan-Castet 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 28% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Taurignan-Castet sits below 95% of compared French towns for couples with children (13%)
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
Here two in five households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each.
A median standard of living of €22,090 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.
Living standards centre on €22,090 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Taurignan-Castet comes in at 6.7%. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 90% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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 lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Across Taurignan-Castet, 3.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 88% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Married residents: 44% of the total. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 78% of compared French towns: 14%
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
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Taurignan-Castet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taurignan-Castet | 53.5 | 28% | 13% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 5.1 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 6.7% | 9.1% |
| Cazères 4,854 · 11.2 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.5% | 7.8% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 12.4 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Rieux-Volvestre 2,639 · 15.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
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 Taurignan-Castet
What is the population of Taurignan-Castet?
163 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (178).
How old are Taurignan-Castet’s residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taurignan-Castet?
13, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taurignan-Castet?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Taurignan-Castet?
€22,090 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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