Fleury is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.9
4.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). The share of empty homes stands at 1.5%. Few places have so few single-parent households: 6.7% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 4,246 people lived in Fleury, in 2,250 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 Fleury
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 7,740 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fleury, 76% of its 10,140 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 59% 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 Fleury’s residents are under 57.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 99% of compared French towns: 76%
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
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 4% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. Fleury has fewer households without a car than two thirds of compared French towns, at 7.9%. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, 36% of homes are flats.
+11% since 2012, a pace 74% 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: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then +11% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fleury 57.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 98% of compared French towns: 6.7%. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Fleury ranks below 88% of compared French towns on couples with children: 16%
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 here average 1.9 people each. 41% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 74% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Half above, half below €23,770 a year in 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 €23,770 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 17.0%.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 50% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Fleury comes in at 9.4%. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 70% of compared French towns, at 2.6%
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.
5.2% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Fewer single residents than 94% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Married residents: 46%, above three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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: 21% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,211 to 4,281 people), the 3rd 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 37.1 in Nanteuil-le-Haudouin to 65.8 in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage.
Every neighbor is younger than Fleury
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleury | 57.9 | 38% | 76% | 5.2% |
| Salles-d'Aude 3,369 · 2.7 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 15% | 4.4% |
| Vinassan 2,662 · 3.7 mi | 48 | 24% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| Coursan 5,737 · 4.9 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.7% | 5.8% |
| Lespignan 3,414 · 4.9 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 7% | 5.1% |
| Nissan-lez-Enserune 4,124 · 5.8 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 5.7% | 5.6% |
| Vendres 2,616 · 6 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 47% | 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 Fleury
What is the population of Fleury?
4,246 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (3,812).
How old are Fleury’s residents?
The median age is 57.9, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fleury?
7,740, with occasional dwellings: 76% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fleury?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fleury?
€23,770 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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