Brugairolles sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.7%)
In Brugairolles, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. The town counted 308 residents and 140 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 3.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 87% of compared French towns: 8.5%.
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 Brugairolles
An older town
Half of Brugairolles’ residents are under 52.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Brugairolles had 258 residents at the 2012 census and 308 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Brugairolles’s population changed by +19% since 2012, more than in 89% 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
The median Aude town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +6% and the next six +13%.
A median age of 52.4: Brugairolles is older than 90% 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
■ Brugairolles 52.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In Brugairolles, 29% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Brugairolles sits above 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (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
Households average 2.2 people. Typically, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 18%, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 84% of compared French towns, at 7.4%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 21%. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Brugairolles has fewer households without a car than 81% of compared French towns, at 6%. Here 11% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
Half above, half below €23,830 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.
At €23,830 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 26%, a lower share than 80% 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 share of households headed by a manual worker tops 69% of compared French towns: 17%. By way of 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).
A larger share of immigrants than 83% of compared French towns: 14%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Brugairolles has 12%. Measured more widely, 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.
In Brugairolles, 53% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 97% 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
Single residents: 20% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Brugairolles
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
Locally, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Brugairolles is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brugairolles | 52.4 | 29% | 7.4% | 14% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 5.7 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Bram 3,233 · 8.3 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 11.6 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 11.7 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 12.2 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 13.5 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
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 Brugairolles
What is the population of Brugairolles?
308 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (258).
How old are Brugairolles’ residents?
The median age is 52.4, older than 90% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brugairolles?
13, with occasional dwellings: 7.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brugairolles?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brugairolles?
€23,830 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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