Granès is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 57
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 3.3% of homes are flats. In 2023, the Census found 118 residents in Granès, living in 62 households. The share of couples with children is 17%, against 25% 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 Granès
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Granès, 21% of its 92 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Granès’ residents are under 57 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 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.
Second homes: 21%, a higher share than 93% of compared French towns
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 make up 4.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. About one in eight: that is how common empty homes are in Granès (12%). In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
A +5% change since 2012: Granès grew faster than 52% 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 first five years brought −13%; the six to 2023, +22%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 3.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Granès 57. The median compared French town: 44.
A third of Granès’ residents are 65 or older, against 29% in the median Aude town and 22% in the median compared French town; 15% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Granès: 42% of households are one person living alone, above 75% 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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 86% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 12 here (8.3%). 33% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 55% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 85% 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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Granès comes in at 11%. Immigrants make up a share higher than in just over three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 86% of compared French towns: 21%
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 are rarer here than in 57% of compared French towns. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Granès sits below 84% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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
At 19%, the share of adults with no qualification is lower than in 53% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 118 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 1 of the 2 around it: Granès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Granès
What is the population of Granès?
118 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (112).
How old are Granès’ residents?
The median age is 57, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Granès?
19, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Granès?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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