Caunettes-en-Val is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.3
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in 14: that is how common flats are in Caunettes-en-Val (7.4%). Its 32 households held 56 residents at the 2023 Census. Empty homes make up 9.5%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
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 Caunettes-en-Val
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Caunettes-en-Val, 32% of its 55 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 ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Caunettes-en-Val (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 27% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 23% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Caunettes-en-Val’s residents are under 56.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Caunettes-en-Val’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 32%, a higher share than 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
Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. In Caunettes-en-Val, nearly one in ten households have no car.
Caunettes-en-Val changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 55% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aude town +4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −19%; 2017 to 2023, +27%.
In Caunettes-en-Val, 3.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Caunettes-en-Val 56.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 27%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
39% women, 61% men
About 65 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Caunettes-en-Val ranks above 94% of compared French towns on one-person households: 50%
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. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Put another way, about one in six: 17% of households are couples with children.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns, at 50%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, nearly a third 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).
Caunettes-en-Val: 27% of residents are immigrants, above 97% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (23%), Caunettes-en-Val is above 98% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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.
Single residents make up 16% in Caunettes-en-Val, less than in 99% 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
41% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in Caunettes-en-Val, less than in 76% of compared French towns
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 graduates of higher education is 33%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 56 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).
Caunettes-en-Val 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caunettes-en-Val | 56.3 | 27% | 32% | 27% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 11.2 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 11.5 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 13.9 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 14.5 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 16.2 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 16.2 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 Caunettes-en-Val
What is the population of Caunettes-en-Val?
56 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (54).
How old are Caunettes-en-Val’s residents?
The median age is 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Caunettes-en-Val?
18, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Caunettes-en-Val?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 27% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (23%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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