A higher share of empty homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 16%
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 30%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person account for 40%. Flats are rarer here than in 84% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 3,233 people lived in Bram, in 1,510 households.
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 Bram
Empty homes
The census found 290 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bram had 3,401 residents at the 2012 census and 3,233 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−5% since 2012: slower than 88% 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
Bram is older than 81% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bram 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Bram ranks below 72% of compared French towns on couples with children: 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
38% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many single-parent households: 11% here, more than in 67% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
8.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 70% of compared French towns
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, 14% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more. The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%. Higher than in three fifths of compared French towns: 13% of households have no car. Second homes make up 2.2%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€23,310 a year: the median 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.
Living standards centre on €23,310 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 17.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 7.2%, a lower share than 66% 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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Bram, 12%. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bram: 5.6% of 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Bram (5.6%). On foreign nationals, 3.7% here is much the same as 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.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 61% 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
The share of single residents trails 62% of compared French towns: 24%. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Bram sits below 73% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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 share of adults with no qualification is 23%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,208 to 3,259 people), the 11th 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.
Ages run from 32.2 in Ormoy to 68.1 in Jard-sur-Mer.
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Bram
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bram | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 9.6 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 10.4 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 12.2 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 12.5 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 13.9 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 14.5 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
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 Bram
What is the population of Bram?
3,233 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (3,401).
How old are Bram’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bram?
40, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bram?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bram?
€23,310 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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