1.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
7.5% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 1,611 residents in 740 households. The census found that 7.7% of homes are second homes in Ginestas. More households headed by a retired person than in 86% of compared French towns: 41%.
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 Ginestas
Growing fast
Ginestas had 1,365 residents at the 2012 census and 1,611 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 110 homes empty (12%): 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 growing town: +18% since 2012, faster than 87% 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 change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and +11% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aude town +4%.
Ginestas is older than 76% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ginestas 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
A quarter of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are one person living alone, below 71% of compared French towns
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 8.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns. Here 24% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of flats than 90% of compared French towns, at 8%
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
In Ginestas, 12% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The share of flats in the typical compared French town is 30%. Locally, 5.7% of households have no car.
A median standard of living of €24,320 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 €24,320 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 64% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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
In Ginestas, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ginestas sits above 61% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (5.6%)
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.
7.8% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 59% 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.
In Ginestas, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Ginestas has 49%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Ginestas
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Ginestas. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,611 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Ginestas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ginestas | 48.3 | 25% | 7.7% | 7.8% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 3.5 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 4.9 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 6.3 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 7.6 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 8.8 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
| Capestang 3,514 · 9.4 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.6% | 9% |
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 Ginestas
What is the population of Ginestas?
1,611 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (1,365).
How old are Ginestas’ residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ginestas?
71, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ginestas?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 90 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ginestas?
€24,320 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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