Azille is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.4
With households headed by a retired person at 48%, Azille is ahead of 96% of compared French towns on that count. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,115, in 530 households. For Azille, the census puts couples with children at 17%. At 3.3%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 93% 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 Azille
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 230 second homes and occasional dwellings in Azille, 24% of its 960 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Azille’s residents are under 55.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 190 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Azille had 1,184 residents at the 2012 census and 1,115 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 20% in Azille, more than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Azille comes in at 8.7%. At 24%, the share of second homes is higher than in 94% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Flats make up about one in six here (16%).
From 2012 to 2023, 90% of compared French towns grew faster than Azille: −6%
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, −3% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Aude.
Azille sits below 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.9%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Azille 55.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Azille comes in at 33%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 7.6%, a lower share than 84% 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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few one-person households: 35% here, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns.
A median of €22,090 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,090 a year: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
11% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 73% 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 Azille. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 76% of compared French towns: 11%
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 76% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. For Azille, the census puts foreign nationals at 8.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 23% in Azille, less than in 74% 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
At 44%, the share of married residents is higher than in 54% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
In Azille, 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 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
Adults with no qualification are rarer here than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,115 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Azille
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azille | 55.4 | 33% | 24% | 11% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 7.3 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 11.7 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 13.1 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 14.4 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 15.1 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 15.4 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 Azille
What is the population of Azille?
1,115 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,184).
How old are Azille’s residents?
The median age is 55.4, older than 94% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Azille?
230, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Azille?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 95 foreign nationals (8.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Azille?
€22,090 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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