Comus is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 68
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, three quarters of households are headed by a retired person here. At 25%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 94% of compared French towns. Comus had 33 residents in 21 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put flats at 1.2% locally.
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 Comus
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Comus, 80% of its 160 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Comus’ residents are under 68 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 53% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 99% of compared French towns: 80%
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
5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 20% have been in their home 30 years or more. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. On empty homes, Comus sits higher than 58% of compared French towns: 7.5%. The share of households without a car trails 53% of compared French towns: 10%.
Faster growth than 79% of compared French towns: Comus changed by +14% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Aude. Here the change came as +48% to 2017, then −23% to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 53%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Comus 68. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
21 households; 25% are one person
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. On average, 1.6 people share a household.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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. The wider picture: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 13% in Comus, more than in 79% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 6.3% in Comus. By way of comparison, 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.
Only 6.5% of residents 15 and over are single in Comus
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
Married people make up 45% and PACS partners 6.5%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 13% are widowed. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
6.5% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 99% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, just over two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Comus. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 33 to 2,582 people
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); Comus the oldest (68).
Comus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comus | 68 | 53% | 80% | 13% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 8.4 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 14.7 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Quillan 2,978 · 15.4 mi | 59.1 | 38% | 19% | 14% |
| Foix 9,934 · 17.6 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
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 Comus
What is the population of Comus?
33 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (29).
How old are Comus’ residents?
The median age is 68, older than 99% of compared French towns. 3.1% are under 18 and 53% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Comus?
130, with occasional dwellings: 80% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Comus?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (6.3%). 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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