Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Alet-les-Bains is over 60.4
The figure for couples with children is 12% in Alet-les-Bains and 25% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 379 residents in 220 households. On the census count, a fifth of homes stand empty. 1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 97% of compared French towns.
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 Alet-les-Bains
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Alet-les-Bains, 26% of its 400 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 77% 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 Alet-les-Bains’ residents are under 60.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Alet-les-Bains had 439 residents at the 2012 census and 379 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
52% of Alet-les-Bains’ households are one person: higher than in 96% of compared French towns; 36% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 26%, a higher share than 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
With flats at 20%, Alet-les-Bains is behind 67% of compared French towns on that count. Turnover: 9.6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 18% have lived in their home 30 years or more. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A −14% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%. The first five years brought −8%; the six to 2023, −7%.
38% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% 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
■ Alet-les-Bains 60.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.9% in Alet-les-Bains and 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 96% of compared French towns, at 52%
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
Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 9.1%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€21,870 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Half of residents live in households above €21,870 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
Alet-les-Bains: 46% of households are headed by a retired person, above 94% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 6.7% in Alet-les-Bains. On average, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Here, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 86% of compared French towns: 15%
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, 12% of residents are foreign nationals in Alet-les-Bains. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Alet-les-Bains sits above 70% of compared French towns for single residents (28%)
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
The share of married residents is 40%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 65% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Alet-les-Bains comes in at 28%. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 379 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Alet-les-Bains
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alet-les-Bains | 60.4 | 38% | 26% | 15% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 4.6 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Quillan 2,978 · 9.1 mi | 59.1 | 38% | 19% | 14% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 13.9 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 15.8 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 17.5 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 17.6 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
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 Alet-les-Bains
What is the population of Alet-les-Bains?
379 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (439).
How old are Alet-les-Bains’ residents?
The median age is 60.4, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Alet-les-Bains?
100, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Alet-les-Bains?
INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 45 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Alet-les-Bains?
€21,870 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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