Embres-et-Castelmaure is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 59
Couples with children: 11% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Embres-et-Castelmaure is home to 165 residents in 95 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 1.7% of homes stand empty. 2.6% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 99% 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 Embres-et-Castelmaure
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 91 second homes and occasional dwellings in Embres-et-Castelmaure, 48% of its 190 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Embres-et-Castelmaure’s residents are under 59 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
53% of Embres-et-Castelmaure’s households are one person: higher than in 96% of compared French towns; 44% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Embres-et-Castelmaure ranks above 97% of compared French towns on second homes: 48%
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
Here 1% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Households that moved in under two years ago: 10%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%.
Since 2012, Embres-et-Castelmaure has grown +6%, faster than 54% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aude town +4%. The change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and +9% from 2017 to 2023.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 38% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Embres-et-Castelmaure 59. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Embres-et-Castelmaure, 6.4%. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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 make up 53% in Embres-et-Castelmaure, more than in 96% 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
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 5.3% in Embres-et-Castelmaure. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €17,690 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €17,690 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
Embres-et-Castelmaure: 26% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 98% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 5.3%, Embres-et-Castelmaure is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. In Embres-et-Castelmaure, just over two in five households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 84% of compared French towns: 15% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals: 12% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For 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 39% of residents 15 and over are married in Embres-et-Castelmaure
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
Locally, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 79% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Here, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (165 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Embres-et-Castelmaure, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embres-et-Castelmaure | 59 | 38% | 48% | 15% |
| Salses-le-Château 3,965 · 9.2 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 7% | 5.8% |
| Sigean 5,657 · 10.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 17% | 5.1% |
| Espira-de-l'Agly 3,524 · 11.3 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 2.7% | 5.2% |
| Rivesaltes 9,270 · 12.1 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.3% |
| Leucate 4,562 · 12.4 mi | 63 | 46% | 84% | 6.4% |
| Port-la-Nouvelle 5,852 · 13 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 57% | 5.7% |
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 Embres-et-Castelmaure
What is the population of Embres-et-Castelmaure?
165 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (156).
How old are Embres-et-Castelmaure’s residents?
The median age is 59, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Embres-et-Castelmaure?
91, with occasional dwellings: 48% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Embres-et-Castelmaure?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Embres-et-Castelmaure?
€17,690 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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