Fitou: 45% of homes are second homes, above 97% of compared French towns
In Fitou, 6.6% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Its 580 households held 1,158 residents at the 2023 Census. 6.1% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in 16. Couples with children are rarer here than in 87% 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 Fitou
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 530 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fitou, 45% of its 1,190 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 55% 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 Fitou’s residents are under 52.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 2.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Fitou
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 without a car: 5.5%, below 84% of compared French towns. Nearly one in ten households have been in place 30 years or more; 18% moved in within the last two years. Few places have as many flats: 31% here, more than in 53% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A +14% change since 2012: faster than 80% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%.
Half of Fitou is over 52.6, older than 90% 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
■ Fitou 52.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 87% of compared French towns: 31%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Fitou ranks above 61% of compared French towns on one-person households: 38%
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
Households average 2 people. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 72% of compared French towns: 8.6% of households are single parents.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,630 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,630 a year: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
42% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 88% 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Fitou comes in at 5.2%. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 12%, a higher share than 78% 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.
The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 78% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 9.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Fitou.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Fitou, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 89% 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
The share of married residents is 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 62% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
32% of Fitou’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 17% have no diploma (19%).
41 French towns of 1,158 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Fitou, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitou | 52.6 | 31% | 45% | 12% |
| Leucate 4,562 · 3.1 mi | 63 | 46% | 84% | 6.4% |
| Salses-le-Château 3,965 · 5.6 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 7% | 5.8% |
| Le Barcarès 6,109 · 6.5 mi | 63.7 | 47% | 77% | 7.3% |
| Saint-Hippolyte 3,126 · 7.6 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 6.1% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque 9,898 · 8.4 mi | 54.6 | 35% | 7.3% | 6.7% |
| Port-la-Nouvelle 5,852 · 9 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 Fitou
What is the population of Fitou?
1,158 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,013).
How old are Fitou’s residents?
The median age is 52.6, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fitou?
530, with occasional dwellings: 45% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fitou?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (9.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fitou?
€22,630 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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