A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns: 17%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Blomac’s 120 households held 264 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Blomac, 9.2% of homes are second homes. The share of flats is 7.2%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Blomac
Growing fast
Blomac had 206 residents at the 2012 census and 264 in 2023, up 28%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 19 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 +28% change since 2012: faster than 96% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Aude town, the change came in two steps: +10% from 2012 to 2017, then +16% to 2023.
In Blomac, 20% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 64% 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
■ Blomac 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Blomac is 43.3, lower than in 56% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over. Here, 9.8% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone
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
With single-parent households at 8.7%, Blomac is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average. More couples with children than in 54% of compared French towns: 26%.
Blomac sits above 90% of compared French towns for empty homes (13%)
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
Nearly one in ten households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €22,730 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 €22,730 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
In Blomac, 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 89% 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
Across Blomac, 8.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are immigrants, more than in 74% 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 Blomac, nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
A lower share of married residents than 83% of compared French towns, at 37%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Blomac. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest 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.
Every neighbor is older than Blomac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blomac | 43.3 | 20% | 9.2% | 11% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 7.6 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 8.1 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 10.7 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 11 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 12.3 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 12.4 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
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 Blomac
What is the population of Blomac?
264 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 28% more than in 2012 (206).
How old are Blomac’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blomac?
14, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blomac?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (8.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blomac?
€22,730 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.