1.4% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 2.8% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. Cailhavel’s 69 households held 154 residents at the 2023 Census. For Cailhavel, the census puts flats at 4.2%. One-person households are rarer here than in 83% of compared French towns.
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 Cailhavel
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cailhavel, 18% of its 93 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Cailhavel had 111 residents at the 2012 census and 154 in 2023, up 39%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 13% (under two years). Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 61% of compared French towns: 7.8% of homes stand empty.
+39% since 2012, a pace 98% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Here the change came as +19% to 2017, then +17% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Aude.
8.2% of residents are 15 to 24, below 91% 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
■ Cailhavel 42. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Cailhavel is 42, lower than in 66% of compared French towns. About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Cailhavel (23%). The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 68% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. The typical household size is 2.2 people.
Median standard of living: €26,890 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.
Living standards centre on €26,890 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 36% in Cailhavel, more than in 68% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Locally, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cailhavel: 7% 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.
The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns. About one in 26: that is how common foreign nationals are in Cailhavel (3.8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 93% of compared French towns: 50%
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
Compared with other places, single residents are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Cailhavel ranks below 77% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 28%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th 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.
No nearby town is as young as Cailhavel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cailhavel | 42 | 23% | 18% | 7% |
| Bram 3,233 · 5.6 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 8.7 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 11.5 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 12 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 13.4 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 Cailhavel
What is the population of Cailhavel?
154 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 39% more than in 2012 (111).
How old are Cailhavel’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cailhavel?
17, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cailhavel?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cailhavel?
€26,890 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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