Households without a car: 2.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person make up 17%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 201 residents and 83 households in Airoux. Roughly three in ten: 28% of households are one person living alone. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 78% of compared French towns: 18%.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Airoux
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Airoux, 22% of its 110 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 52% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Airoux had 147 residents at the 2012 census and 201 in 2023, up 37%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 5.6% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 14% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 22%
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. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. The census found that 12% of homes are flats in Airoux. With empty homes at 4.9%, Airoux is behind 76% of compared French towns on that count.
Airoux’s population changed by +37% since 2012, more than in 98% 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 those years, the median Aude town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +11%, then +23% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.6% in Airoux, less than in 99% 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
■ Airoux 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Airoux is 43.5, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Airoux sits above 88% of compared French towns for couples with children (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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Airoux has fewer single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns, at 5.6%.
Half above, half below €25,430 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 median standard of living in Airoux is €25,430 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 80% 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 manual worker make up 11%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 60% of compared French towns, at 7.9%
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 Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in three fifths of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 5.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
48% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Adults with no qualification: 12%, below 87% of compared French towns. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 13th 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).
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Airoux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airoux | 43.5 | 18% | 22% | 7.9% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 5.3 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Villefranche-de-Lauragais 5,072 · 8 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 1.8% | 5% |
| Revel 9,762 · 9.4 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 3% | 6.1% |
| Sorèze 2,965 · 10.8 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| Nailloux 4,211 · 12.4 mi | 37.7 | 14% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 12.6 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
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 Airoux
What is the population of Airoux?
201 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 37% more than in 2012 (147).
How old are Airoux’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Airoux?
25, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Airoux?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Airoux?
€25,430 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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