Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of La Digne-d'Amont is over 54.4
Flats: 0.6%, below 99% of compared French towns. On single-parent households, La Digne-d'Amont sits lower than 91% of compared French towns: 6.9%. The town counted 286 residents and 150 households at the 2023 Census. In La Digne-d'Amont, nearly three in five households are headed by a retired person.
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 Digne-d'Amont
An older town
Half of La Digne-d'Amont’s residents are under 54.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 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.
Slower than most: −1% since 2012, behind 74% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Aude town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 36%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Digne-d'Amont 54.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 17% in La Digne-d'Amont, less than in 86% 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 people. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. At 32%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 12% in La Digne-d'Amont, more than in 89% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 14% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 19%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By its share of second homes (7.2%), La Digne-d'Amont is above 83% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €25,930 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.
Living standards centre on €25,930 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Only 6.7% of households are headed by a manual worker in La Digne-d'Amont
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 62% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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.
Across La Digne-d'Amont, 5.2% of residents are foreign nationals. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
More married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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
The share of single residents trails 91% of compared French towns: 20%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 71% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (17%), La Digne-d'Amont is below 63% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 286 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
La Digne-d'Amont sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
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 La Digne-d'Amont
What is the population of La Digne-d'Amont?
286 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (289).
How old are La Digne-d'Amont’s residents?
The median age is 54.4, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Digne-d'Amont?
13, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Digne-d'Amont?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Digne-d'Amont?
€25,930 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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