Lacombe sits below 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (11%)
In Lacombe, 5.3% of residents are 15 to 24. This Aude town counted 188 residents and 96 households at the 2023 Census. At 3.1%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Flats: 2.4% here and 30% 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 Lacombe
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lacombe, 49% of its 210 homes: higher than in 97% 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 Lacombe’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Lacombe, 49% of homes are second homes, more than in 97% 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 that moved in under two years ago: 15%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 18%. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. 3.9% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 88% of compared French towns.
A +12% change since 2012: faster than 75% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%. The first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, +9%.
A median age of 52.2: Lacombe is older than 89% 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
■ Lacombe 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Lacombe comes in at 25%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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
One-person households make up 42%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
A typical living standard of €22,140 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 residents live in households above €22,140 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 16% in Lacombe, less than in 99% 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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Lacombe has 16%. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 62% of compared French towns. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lacombe sits below 60% of compared French towns for immigrants (5.3%)
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.
Foreign nationals: 4.8% of the total. Measured more widely, 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Lacombe
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 77% 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
With graduates of higher education at 32%, Lacombe is ahead of 59% of compared French towns on that count. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 8th 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).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Lacombe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacombe | 52.2 | 25% | 49% | 5.3% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 9.2 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 9.9 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Mazamet 10,085 · 10 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 7% | 8.5% |
| Aussillon 5,527 · 10 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 2.9% | 15% |
| Sorèze 2,965 · 10.2 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 10.8 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 Lacombe
What is the population of Lacombe?
188 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (168).
How old are Lacombe’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lacombe?
100, with occasional dwellings: 49% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lacombe?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lacombe?
€22,140 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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