Flats make up 3.2% in La Cassaigne, less than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing make up 2.2%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 5.6% of households are single parents. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.5% here, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put La Cassaigne’s population at 200, in 91 households.
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 La Cassaigne
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Cassaigne, 18% of its 130 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Cassaigne had 212 residents at the 2012 census and 200 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Cassaigne: 18% of homes are second homes, above 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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 15% have been in their home 30 years or more. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 9.5%, more than in 76% of compared French towns.
La Cassaigne changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, behind 90% 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, −20% to 2017 and +18% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Aude.
La Cassaigne is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Cassaigne 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, La Cassaigne has 9%. The census found that 27% of residents are 65 or over locally.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
La Cassaigne sits below 86% of compared French towns for one-person households (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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, La Cassaigne has 28%. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,100 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,100 a year: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 22% of households are headed by a retired person
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 5.6%, La Cassaigne is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.5% of residents are immigrants, below 59% 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 58% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 16% of residents 15 and over are single in La Cassaigne
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
Here 47% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
La Cassaigne sits above 78% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (40%)
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 figure for adults with no qualification is 14% in La Cassaigne and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Ranked by age, 13th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Of the 6 towns nearest La Cassaigne, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Cassaigne | 50.5 | 27% | 18% | 5.5% |
| Bram 3,233 · 6.7 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 8.3 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 9.8 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 15.1 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 16.2 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 16.8 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 La Cassaigne
What is the population of La Cassaigne?
200 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (212).
How old are La Cassaigne’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Cassaigne?
23, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Cassaigne?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Cassaigne?
€26,100 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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