Households in social housing: 2.3%, a lower share than 96% of compared French towns
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are one person living alone here. Argeliers’s 940 households held 2,124 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, 5.7% of homes are flats. With a median age of 49.9, Argeliers is older than 83% 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 Argeliers
Empty homes
The census found 150 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Argeliers outgrew 60% of compared French towns: +7%
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, +8% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Aude.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Argeliers 49.9. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of Argeliers’ residents are 65 or older, against 29% in the median Aude town and 22% in the median compared French town; 20% are under 18. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 91% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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
The average household has 2.3 people. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Couples with children are more common here than in 52% of compared French towns.
13% of homes stand empty, a share 91% 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
The figure for households without a car is 8.2% in Argeliers and 11% in the typical compared French town. Second homes account for 8.6%. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,350 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,350 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 67% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 15.0%.
37% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 74% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 6.9%, Argeliers is behind 68% of compared French towns on that count. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Argeliers sits below 62% of compared French towns for immigrants (5.1%)
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 census found that 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals in Argeliers. Against that, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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 couples, 50% are married and 7.8% in a PACS (median compared French town: 43% and 6.1%); 6.9% are widowed. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 72% 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
Adults with no qualification account for 20%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,124 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Argeliers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argeliers | 49.9 | 28% | 8.6% | 5.1% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 3.3 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 3.8 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 6.1 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Capestang 3,514 · 6.8 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.6% | 9% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 7.6 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| Coursan 5,737 · 9.2 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.7% | 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 Argeliers
What is the population of Argeliers?
2,124 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,982).
How old are Argeliers’ residents?
The median age is 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Argeliers?
100, with occasional dwellings: 8.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Argeliers?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 72 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Argeliers?
€24,350 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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