Cumiès sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (50%)
Flats: 9.3%, below 88% of compared French towns. Few places have as many second homes: 4.5% here, more than in 74% of compared French towns. There were 18 households in Cumiès at the 2023 Census, home to 44 residents.
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 Cumiès
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Cumiès’ residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Cumiès had 34 residents at the 2012 census and 44 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 3 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+29% since 2012, a pace 96% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Aude town, the change came in two steps: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then +22% to 2023.
A median age of 55.5: Cumiès is older than 95% 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
■ Cumiès 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
2.4% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 29% in Cumiès.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
One-person households: 25%, a lower share than 94% of compared French towns
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. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
Cumiès sits above 92% of compared French towns for empty homes (13%)
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. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Turnover: 12% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
25% of households are headed by a retired person, below 83% of compared French towns
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. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cumiès ranks above 71% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 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.
The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 65% of compared French towns. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 4.9% 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 higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 62%
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
26% of residents 15 and over are single. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Cumiès: 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 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
Adults with no qualification make up 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Cumiès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumiès | 55.5 | 29% | 4.5% | 4.9% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 5.9 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 8.8 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Villefranche-de-Lauragais 5,072 · 9.4 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 1.8% | 5% |
| Nailloux 4,211 · 11.7 mi | 37.7 | 14% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 13.9 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Revel 9,762 · 13.9 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 3% | 6.1% |
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 Cumiès
What is the population of Cumiès?
44 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (34).
How old are Cumiès’ residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cumiès?
1, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cumiès?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (7.3%). 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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