6.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 5.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. There were 730 households in Bizanet at the 2023 Census, home to 1,730 residents. Locally, 4.4% of households rent social housing (HLM). One-person households are rarer here than in nearly four fifths 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 Bizanet
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 99 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bizanet, 10% of its 950 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Bizanet had 1,451 residents at the 2012 census and 1,730 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 120 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.
A lower share of flats than 93% of compared French towns, at 6.3%
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 share of second homes tops 88% of compared French towns: 10%. The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. 13% of homes stand empty, or about one in eight.
Faster growth than 89% of compared French towns: Bizanet changed by +19% since 2012
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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aude town +4%. The change was +16% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 45.8: Bizanet is older than 62% 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
■ Bizanet 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Bizanet.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 68% of compared French towns, at 29%
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. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, a lower share than in 67% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,460 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.
At €24,460 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Only 12% of households are headed by a manual worker in Bizanet
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 retired person make up 31%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Bizanet.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.2% of residents in Bizanet 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Bizanet (6.2%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 4.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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
45% are married and 11% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 6% are widowed. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 65% of compared French towns: 16%
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
29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,730 to 2,582 people), the 20th 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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Bizanet, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bizanet | 45.8 | 24% | 10% | 6.2% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 6.2 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 6.7 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 7.8 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 8.8 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 10 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Coursan 5,737 · 10.5 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 Bizanet
What is the population of Bizanet?
1,730 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (1,451).
How old are Bizanet’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bizanet?
99, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bizanet?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 77 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bizanet?
€24,460 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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