Bize-Minervois: 21% of homes are second homes, above 93% of compared French towns
Here 6.7% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns. There were 660 households in Bize-Minervois at the 2023 Census, home to 1,355 residents. Households headed by a manager or professional: 3.5% 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 Bize-Minervois
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 180 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bize-Minervois, 21% of its 890 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Bize-Minervois had 1,097 residents at the 2012 census and 1,355 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 4.6% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
In the last two years, 13% of households moved in; at the other end, 14% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing make up 12% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 8.2% of households have no car. Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Bize-Minervois comes in at 5.5%.
Faster growth than 93% of compared French towns: Bize-Minervois changed by +24% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +8%, and from 2017 to 2023 +14%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of compared French towns, at 7.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bize-Minervois 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. With a median age of 48.8, Bize-Minervois is older than 78% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
A higher share of single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns, at 12%
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 here average 2.1 people each. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 35%, the share of one-person households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €23,270 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 €23,270 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
In Bize-Minervois, 36% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 69% 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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 13% in Bize-Minervois and 14% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bize-Minervois sits above 61% of compared French towns for immigrants (8.1%)
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (5.8%), Bize-Minervois is above 62% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bize-Minervois ranks below 72% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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
On the census count, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 83% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Bize-Minervois comes in at 32%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,355 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Bize-Minervois sits below 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bize-Minervois | 48.8 | 30% | 21% | 8.1% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 5.4 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 5.5 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 8.1 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Capestang 3,514 · 8.9 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.6% | 9% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 9.3 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 9.8 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
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 Bize-Minervois
What is the population of Bize-Minervois?
1,355 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (1,097).
How old are Bize-Minervois’ residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bize-Minervois?
180, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bize-Minervois?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 78 foreign nationals (5.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bize-Minervois?
€23,270 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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