Belflou: 38% of households are couples with children, above 97% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Belflou, 2.3%. There were 44 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 111 residents. Empty homes account for 4.5%. The median age in the town is 47.2, higher than in 70% 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 Belflou
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Belflou, 22% of its 60 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 23% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Belflou had 116 residents at the 2012 census and 111 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
22% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 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 Belflou, 12% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 71% 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
■ Belflou 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Belflou ranks below 94% of compared French towns on one-person households: 25%
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
Average household size: 2.5 people. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€30,400 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €30,400 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
Belflou sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (38%)
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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 38% in Belflou. On average, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 77% of compared French towns: 3.6% of 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.
Belflou has fewer foreign nationals than 57% of compared French towns, at 3.6%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Belflou sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (60%)
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, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Belflou, 24%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 47% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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: 13% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 111 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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).
Belflou is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belflou | 47.2 | 23% | 22% | 3.6% |
| Villefranche-de-Lauragais 5,072 · 6.9 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 1.8% | 5% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 7.4 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 8.2 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Nailloux 4,211 · 8.8 mi | 37.7 | 14% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 12.2 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Ayguesvives 2,812 · 12.8 mi | 42.5 | 15% | 1% | 3.7% |
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 Belflou
What is the population of Belflou?
111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (116).
How old are Belflou’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Belflou?
13, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Belflou?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Belflou?
€30,400 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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