Belvèze-du-Razès is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.7
Flats: 6.6% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 92% of compared French towns: 4.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Belvèze-du-Razès counted 884 residents and 450 households at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households: 7.2% of the total.
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 Belvèze-du-Razès
An older town
Half of Belvèze-du-Razès’ residents are under 54.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 65 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 70% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%.
Only 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Belvèze-du-Razès
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Belvèze-du-Razès 54.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 35% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer couples with children than 74% of compared French towns: 20%
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 people in the average household. 39% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 65% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 12% of homes stand empty
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
One household in eight has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 6.5% of homes are second homes. On households in social housing, Belvèze-du-Razès sits lower than 67% of compared French towns: 8.8%.
Median living standard: €22,240 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.
Living standards centre on €22,240 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 52% in Belvèze-du-Razès, more than in 98% 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 manual worker: 12% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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).
Immigrants make up 9.9% in Belvèze-du-Razès, more than in 70% of compared French towns
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Belvèze-du-Razès has 5.9%. The wider picture: 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.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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
41% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
In Belvèze-du-Razès, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 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 make up about one in five here (20%). The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (884 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Belvèze-du-Razès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belvèze-du-Razès | 54.7 | 35% | 6.5% | 9.9% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 7.8 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Bram 3,233 · 8.2 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 11.5 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 14.1 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 14.3 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 15.1 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
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 Belvèze-du-Razès
What is the population of Belvèze-du-Razès?
884 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (884).
How old are Belvèze-du-Razès’ residents?
The median age is 54.7, older than 94% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Belvèze-du-Razès?
36, with occasional dwellings: 6.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Belvèze-du-Razès?
INSEE counts 88 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.9% of residents, and 52 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Belvèze-du-Razès?
€22,240 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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