A larger share of second homes than 91% of compared French towns: 16%
The figure for single-parent households is 5.8% in Fanjeaux and 10% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional locally. Few places have so few flats: 9.4% here, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 885 residents in 350 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 Fanjeaux
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 70 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fanjeaux, 16% of its 450 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Fanjeaux’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% 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.
Fanjeaux ranks below 66% of compared French towns on households without a car: 8.1%
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
Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town. Roughly one in ten: one in ten households rent social housing (HLM).
A growing town: +13% since 2012, faster than 77% 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 Aude town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +6% and the next six +6%.
Fanjeaux is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fanjeaux 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 31% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. In Fanjeaux, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
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.
A smaller share of couples with children than 68% of compared French towns: 21%
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
37% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Households average 2.2 people. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,930 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 €22,930 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 38% in Fanjeaux, more than in 77% 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 make up about one in seven here (14%). In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are immigrants, a share 76% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 higher than in 76% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
30% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 79% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Fanjeaux comes in at 39%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 61% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 32%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 885 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Fanjeaux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fanjeaux | 51.6 | 31% | 16% | 11% |
| Bram 3,233 · 5.5 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 9.9 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 10.6 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 12.9 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 15 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 16.1 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
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 Fanjeaux
What is the population of Fanjeaux?
885 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (785).
How old are Fanjeaux’s residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fanjeaux?
70, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fanjeaux?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 78 foreign nationals (8.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fanjeaux?
€22,930 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.