Fontcouverte ranks above 95% of compared French towns on empty homes: 15%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Fontcouverte had 575 residents in 260 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put flats at 6.5% here. The share of single-parent households is 13%, against 10% in the typical compared French town.
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 Fontcouverte
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fontcouverte, 10% of its 350 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 53 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 10%
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
One household in 13 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 7.6% in Fontcouverte.
Growth of +11% since 2012 puts Fontcouverte ahead of 72% 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
In two steps, +5% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Aude.
Fontcouverte is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fontcouverte 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.7%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Fontcouverte ranks above 66% of compared French towns on couples with children: 28%
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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. Few places have so few one-person households: 34% here, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €23,900 a year per consumption unit
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 €23,900 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 share of households headed by a manager or professional is 7.5%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 80% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison 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).
6.6% of Fontcouverte’s 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.
Locally, 5.1% of residents are foreign nationals. That is higher than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Fontcouverte
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married in Fontcouverte. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (575 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Fontcouverte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontcouverte | 50.1 | 25% | 10% | 6.6% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 4.1 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 12.5 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 14.5 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 15.1 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 15.8 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 16.2 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
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 Fontcouverte
What is the population of Fontcouverte?
575 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (518).
How old are Fontcouverte’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontcouverte?
36, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontcouverte?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fontcouverte?
€23,900 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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