A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
With flats at 7.1%, Ventenac is behind 92% of compared French towns on that count. 4.5% of households are single parents, or about one in 22. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 234 residents locally, living in 110 households.
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 Ventenac
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ventenac, 14% of its 140 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
14% of homes are second homes, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 last two years, 11% of households moved in; at the other end, 26% have stayed 30 years or more. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 6.4%.
Ventenac changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, behind 51% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ariège town +2%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, a higher share than 61% 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
■ Ventenac 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.8, Ventenac is older than 55% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
A higher share of couples with children than 61% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
The average household has 2.1 people. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. One-person households are more common here than in 55% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €20,760 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €20,760 a year: lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
Ventenac ranks above 92% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 23%
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. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. 27% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Ventenac. 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.
36% of residents 15 and over are married, below 86% 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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Ventenac, 27%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 24% 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
On adults with no qualification, Ventenac sits lower than 53% of compared French towns: 18%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th youngest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Ventenac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventenac | 44.8 | 24% | 14% | 2.6% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 5.8 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Foix 9,934 · 6.5 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 7.7 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 7.9 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 8 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 9.6 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
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 Ventenac
What is the population of Ventenac?
234 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (224).
How old are Ventenac’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ventenac?
19, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ventenac?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ventenac?
€20,760 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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