A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 39%
The share of flats is 4.5%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 0.8% of homes stand empty in Davejean. This Aude town has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of compared French towns, at 8%. In 2023, the Census found 163 residents here, living in 80 households.
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 Davejean
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Davejean, 39% of its 130 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Davejean had 115 residents at the 2012 census and 163 in 2023, up 42%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households without a car than 61% of compared French towns: 8.8%
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. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%.
From 2012 to 2023, Davejean outgrew 99% of compared French towns: +42%
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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aude town +4%. The change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +39% from 2017 to 2023.
Davejean ranks above 79% of compared French towns on 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
■ Davejean 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Davejean is 44.8, higher than in 55% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
44% of households are one person living alone, more than in 81% 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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households are single parents in Davejean. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2 people in the average household. Couples with children are rarer here than in just over half of compared French towns.
€16,360 a year: the median 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 residents live in households above €16,360 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 44% of households are headed by a retired person
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 13% in Davejean and 14% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 65% of compared French towns: 6.1%
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 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The census found that 7.4% of residents are immigrants in Davejean.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Davejean, 34% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 92% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Davejean sits above 71% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (36%)
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 is 23%, 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.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 163 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Davejean
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davejean | 44.8 | 28% | 39% | 7.4% |
| Espira-de-l'Agly 3,524 · 17.2 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 2.7% | 5.2% |
| Baixas 2,777 · 17.8 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 4.4% | 5.1% |
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 Davejean
What is the population of Davejean?
163 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 42% more than in 2012 (115).
How old are Davejean’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Davejean?
52, with occasional dwellings: 39% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Davejean?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (6.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Davejean?
€16,360 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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