Half of Bouilhonnac is over 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns
The figure for flats is 1.6% in Bouilhonnac and 30% in the typical compared French town. 4.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 226 residents in 100 households. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 20%.
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 Bouilhonnac
An older town
Half of Bouilhonnac’s residents are under 56.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 81% of compared French towns: Bouilhonnac changed by −3% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aude town +4%.
37% of residents are 65 or over, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouilhonnac 56.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 8% of residents are 15 to 24 here. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
In Bouilhonnac, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. At 26%, the share of couples with children is higher than in just over half of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Bouilhonnac ranks above 87% of compared French towns on second homes: 9.1%
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
Of all households, 2.6% moved in during the last two years and 35% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Here 6.2% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Half above, half below €28,290 a year in standard of living
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 median standard of living in Bouilhonnac is €28,290 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 44% in Bouilhonnac, more than in 92% 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
8.9% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 32% 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).
6% of Bouilhonnac’s 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.
Put another way, about one in 17: 6% of residents are immigrants. At 4.3%, the share of foreign nationals is higher than in just over half 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.
In Bouilhonnac, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 52% and 2.4%, and 7.9% are widowed.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 62% of compared French towns, at 34%
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
The census found that nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Bouilhonnac. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 226 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Bouilhonnac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouilhonnac | 56.3 | 37% | 9.1% | 6% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 1.5 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 3.3 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 4.1 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 4.5 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 4.7 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 6 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
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 Bouilhonnac
What is the population of Bouilhonnac?
226 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (233).
How old are Bouilhonnac’s residents?
The median age is 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouilhonnac?
11, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouilhonnac?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouilhonnac?
€28,290 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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