A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 97% of compared French towns, at 3%
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Badens comes in at 7.5%. In Badens, 4.7% of homes are flats. Single-parent households are more common here than in 96% of compared French towns. There were 310 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 749 residents.
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.
Badens’s population moved −2% on 2012, less than in 77% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aude town +4%.
Half of Badens is over 49.4, older than 81% 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
■ Badens 49.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents are 65 or over in Badens.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 19% in Badens, less than in 77% 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
Households average 2.2 people. On one-person households, Badens sits lower than 61% of compared French towns: 33%. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 92% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Badens comes in at 11%. In Badens, 5.2% of homes are second homes. On households without a car, Badens sits lower than 81% of compared French towns: 5.9%. Set beside that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €23,640 a year to live on
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 €23,640 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
37% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Badens comes in at 12%. Measured more widely, 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).
More immigrants than 58% of compared French towns: 7.7%
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.
More foreign nationals than in 52% of compared French towns: 4.5%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
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 34% in Badens, more than in 90% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 38% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Badens sits above 73% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Badens, 26%. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Badens sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badens | 49.4 | 24% | 5.2% | 7.7% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 3.1 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 6.5 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 6.7 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 7.7 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 7.8 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 9.6 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
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 Badens
What is the population of Badens?
749 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (763).
How old are Badens’ residents?
The median age is 49.4, older than 81% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Badens?
19, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Badens?
INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Badens?
€23,640 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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