Half of Hounoux is over 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns
Here 7.7% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Census day 2023: 135 residents and 66 households in Hounoux. Second homes account for 9.9%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Hounoux
An older town
Half of Hounoux’s residents are under 56.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Hounoux (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hounoux had 144 residents at the 2012 census and 135 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Hounoux behind 91% 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 median Aude town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six −1%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 86% of compared French towns, at 30%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hounoux 56.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Hounoux has 8.9%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns: 7.7%
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
38% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each.
A smaller share of flats than 96% of compared French towns: 4.9%
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
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 4.5% in Hounoux. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 12: 8.6% of homes stand empty.
Standard of living at the median: €25,910 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 €25,910 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 79% 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 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 21%, a higher share than 93% 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.
The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 93% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. The share of foreign nationals stands at 20%.
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 married residents than 91% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Single residents: 27% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Hounoux sits below 84% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (13%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Hounoux has 34%. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 135 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).
Hounoux is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hounoux | 56.8 | 30% | 9.9% | 21% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 7.3 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Bram 3,233 · 9.4 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 11.9 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 13 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 16 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 17.7 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
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 Hounoux
What is the population of Hounoux?
135 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (144).
How old are Hounoux’s residents?
The median age is 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hounoux?
8, with occasional dwellings: 9.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hounoux?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (20%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hounoux?
€25,910 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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