Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.7% in Aragon, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In Aragon, 4.3% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few flats: 3.8% here, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. This Aude town is home to 487 residents in 230 households, by the 2023 Census. Single-parent households account for 6.7%.
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 Aragon
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 45 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aragon, 15% of its 290 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Aragon had 415 residents at the 2012 census and 487 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 15%, a higher share than 91% 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
6.5% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, 7% of homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A +17% change since 2012: Aragon grew faster than 86% 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
In two steps, +4% to 2017 and +12% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Aude.
A median age of 46.8: Aragon is older than 68% 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
■ Aragon 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 67% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Aragon has more couples with children than 53% of compared French towns, at 26%. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €26,450 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,450 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 11%, a higher share than 61% 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 retired person make up 31%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.4% of Aragon’s residents are immigrants
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 lower than in just over half of compared French towns. Census figures put foreign nationals at 3.8% in Aragon.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Aragon, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 94% 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, the share of married residents is 43%; Aragon has 50%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Aragon: 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 70% of compared French towns
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
16% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 487 to 2,582 people, the 18th oldest
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.
Older than Aragon: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aragon | 46.8 | 22% | 15% | 6.4% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 3.7 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 4.1 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 4.9 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 6.3 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 9.2 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 9.6 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
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 Aragon
What is the population of Aragon?
487 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (415).
How old are Aragon’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aragon?
45, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aragon?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aragon?
€26,450 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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