Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.2%
4.6% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Cavanac counted 1,021 residents and 440 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children: 31% of the total. Flats are rarer here than in 98% 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.
Faster growth than 73% of compared French towns: Cavanac changed by +11% since 2012
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +11%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19% in Cavanac, less than in 68% 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
■ Cavanac 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.8%, below two thirds of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of Cavanac’s residents are under 43.9, younger than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Cavanac ranks below 77% of compared French towns on one-person households: 30%
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
7.7% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Households here average 2.3 people each. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone.
6.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 79% 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 16, where the median compared French town has 11%. Of all households, 9.6% moved in during the last two years and 20% have stayed three decades or more. On empty homes, Cavanac sits higher than 56% of compared French towns: 7.3%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,210 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,210 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 68% of compared French towns, at 36%
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Cavanac. Lower than in 55% of compared French towns: 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. To put it in context, 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).
Immigrants: 8.5%, a higher share than 63% 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.
The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 63% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Cavanac, 5% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Cavanac ranks below 72% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 44% in Cavanac. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 83% 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 34%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,021 to 2,582 people), the 16th youngest
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).
Cavanac is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavanac | 43.9 | 19% | 4.6% | 8.5% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 3.3 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 3.4 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 5.2 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 6 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 6.8 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 7.9 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 Cavanac
What is the population of Cavanac?
1,021 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (918).
How old are Cavanac’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cavanac?
23, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cavanac?
INSEE counts 87 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.5% of residents, and 51 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cavanac?
€24,210 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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