Cailla is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 59.5
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Cailla’s 31 households held 49 residents at the 2023 Census. For Cailla, the census puts couples with children at 17%. Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Cailla has 7.4%.
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 Cailla
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cailla, 35% of its 54 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Cailla’s residents are under 59.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
67% of Cailla’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 53% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Cailla (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 19% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Cailla, 35% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Empty homes account for 8.1%. Some 3.7% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 11% who have been there 30 years or more.
Since 2012, Cailla has changed by −4%, slower than 84% 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
Cailla: 40% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% 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
■ Cailla 59.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.3% in Cailla and 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 72 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 67%
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
The average household has 1.6 people. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
67% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 21%, a higher share than 94% 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.
With foreign nationals at 19%, Cailla is ahead of 95% of compared French towns on that count. The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 94% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
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 98% of compared French towns, at 29%
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Cailla has 34%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Cailla sits above 61% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (33%)
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 tops 58% of compared French towns: 21%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 49 to 2,582
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 Cailla
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Cailla
What is the population of Cailla?
49 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (51).
How old are Cailla’s residents?
The median age is 59.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 7% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cailla?
19, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cailla?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (19%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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