La Redorte is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across La Redorte, two in five households are headed by a retired person. In 2023, the Census found 1,238 residents here, living in 550 households. 20% of households are couples with children, 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 La Redorte
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Redorte, 14% of its 790 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 64% 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 La Redorte’s residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 130 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 97% of compared French towns: 16%
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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 14% in La Redorte. Fewer flats than in 85% of compared French towns: 11%. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. Households without a car come to 10% here, about one in ten.
La Redorte grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 72% 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, +4% to 2017 and +7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Aude.
La Redorte ranks above 93% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 34%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Redorte 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9% of residents are 15 to 24 in La Redorte. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
9.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 62% 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
The average household has 2.1 people. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 35%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €22,860 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.
Half of La Redorte’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,860 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
6.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 72% 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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 16%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten 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).
La Redorte sits above 86% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (12%)
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in La Redorte, 13%. The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 80% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Married residents make up 39% in La Redorte, less than in 75% 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
Few places have so few single residents: 24% here, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 85% 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
Adults with no qualification: 21%, above 59% of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,238 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
La Redorte 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Redorte | 53.5 | 34% | 14% | 13% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 6.6 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 10.7 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 12.7 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 14.3 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 14.5 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 14.9 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
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 Redorte
What is the population of La Redorte?
1,238 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,119).
How old are La Redorte’s residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Redorte?
110, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Redorte?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Redorte?
€22,860 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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