A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.4%
4.8% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Fontiers-Cabardès counted 476 residents and 240 households at the 2023 Census. The share of single-parent households stands at 4.2%. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Fontiers-Cabardès
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 57 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fontiers-Cabardès, 18% of its 310 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Fontiers-Cabardès’ residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 18% of its homes
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
Some 9.4% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 13% who have been there 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 6% of households have no car.
A +8% change since 2012: Fontiers-Cabardès grew faster than 64% 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
Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
Fontiers-Cabardès is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fontiers-Cabardès 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of Fontiers-Cabardès’ residents are 65 or older, against 29% in the median Aude town and 22% in the median compared French town; 20% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 68% of compared French towns: 40% of households are one person living alone
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
A household here holds 2 people on average. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on couples with children: 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €21,760 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €21,760 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 8.3% in Fontiers-Cabardès, less than in 86% 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
Here just over a third of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 15%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.7% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 62% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. On the census count, 7.4% of residents are immigrants. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 58% of compared French towns: 42% of residents 15 and over are married
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
On the census count, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 72% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 33%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (476 to 2,582 people), 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Fontiers-Cabardès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontiers-Cabardès | 52.5 | 25% | 18% | 7.4% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 9.4 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 10 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 10.1 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 10.3 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Mazamet 10,085 · 10.7 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 7% | 8.5% |
| Aussillon 5,527 · 10.8 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 2.9% | 15% |
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 Fontiers-Cabardès
What is the population of Fontiers-Cabardès?
476 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (440).
How old are Fontiers-Cabardès’ residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontiers-Cabardès?
57, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontiers-Cabardès?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fontiers-Cabardès?
€21,760 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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