Alzonne: 17% of households are single parents, above 98% of compared French towns
By its share of flats (14%), Alzonne is below nearly four fifths of compared French towns. For Alzonne, the census puts second homes at 7.8%. On households headed by a manager or professional, Alzonne sits lower than 70% of compared French towns: 6.7%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,586, in 740 households.
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.
Since 2012, Alzonne has grown +10%, faster than 70% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 71% of compared French towns: 9.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Alzonne 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Alzonne’s residents are over 45.2, older than in 58% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 18%, a lower share than 81% of compared French towns
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
With one-person households at 37%, Alzonne is ahead of 58% of compared French towns on that count. There are 2.1 people in the average household. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Alzonne ranks above 69% of compared French towns on empty homes: 8.5%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 19%. Lower than in 56% of compared French towns: 11% of households rent social housing (HLM). In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. By its share of households without a car (10%), Alzonne is below just over half of compared French towns.
€21,440 a year: the median 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.
Half of Alzonne’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,440 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
Alzonne ranks below 67% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 30%
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
More households headed by a manual worker than in 52% of compared French towns: 14%. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Alzonne ranks above 61% of compared French towns on immigrants: 8.2%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 5.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. To put it in context, 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.
Married residents: 38%, a lower share than 79% 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
The share of single residents tops 62% of compared French towns: 27%. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns, at 24%
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 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Alzonne comes in at 23%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Alzonne and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alzonne | 45.2 | 24% | 7.8% | 8.2% |
| Bram 3,233 · 3.1 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 7.4 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 9.4 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 9.5 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 11.4 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 11.9 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
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 Alzonne
What is the population of Alzonne?
1,586 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,438).
How old are Alzonne’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Alzonne?
69, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Alzonne?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 88 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Alzonne?
€21,440 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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