Households in social housing make up 0.4% in Cépie, less than in 99% of compared French towns
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 3.8% in Cépie. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 598, in 270 households. Households without a car: 4% of the total. The median age locally is 50.1, higher 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 Cépie
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cépie had 657 residents at the 2012 census and 598 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cépie’s population moved −9% on 2012, less than in 96% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%. The first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −7%.
Cépie sits above 80% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (28%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cépie 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Cépie has more residents aged 15 to 24 than 52% of compared French towns, at 11%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Cépie ranks below 93% of compared French towns on one-person households: 26%
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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Cépie, 26%.
5.7% of homes in Cépie are second homes
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
In the last two years, just over one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 24% have stayed 30 years or more. More empty homes than in 58% of compared French towns: 7.5%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €23,530 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.
Half of Cépie’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,530 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Cépie sits above 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (44%)
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: 9.3% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 5.6%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 71% of compared French towns: 7.3%
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Cépie: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 87% 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
In Cépie, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 71% 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 adults with no qualification trails 63% of compared French towns: 17%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 598 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th oldest
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).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Cépie
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cépie | 50.1 | 28% | 5.7% | 9% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 3.5 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 8.9 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 9.4 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 10.6 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Bram 3,233 · 11.5 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 12 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 Cépie
What is the population of Cépie?
598 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (657).
How old are Cépie’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cépie?
18, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cépie?
INSEE counts 54 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cépie?
€23,530 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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