Lagrasse: 29% of homes are second homes, above 95% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.9% of residents are 15 to 24 in Lagrasse. Few places have so few households in social housing: 2.3% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 554 residents and 260 households here. In Lagrasse, 5.6% of households are single parents.
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 Lagrasse
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lagrasse, 29% of its 470 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Lagrasse (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 22% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 21% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 68 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Car-free households: one in seven, where the median compared French town has 11%. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Here, a fifth of homes are flats. More households without a car than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 14%.
Lagrasse changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 78% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −4%, then +2% to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 84% of compared French towns: 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lagrasse 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Lagrasse’s residents are over 47.8, older than in 74% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 42%, a higher share than 76% 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
Households here average 2 people each. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 22%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
€21,520 a year: the median standard of living
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 Lagrasse’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,520 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 5.7%, a lower share than 95% 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 nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Lagrasse has 17%. On the census count, two in five households are headed by a retired person. Elsewhere, 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).
Lagrasse ranks above 94% of compared French towns on immigrants: 22%
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 94% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 21%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lagrasse sits below 88% of compared French towns for married residents (36%)
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 30% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 44% in Lagrasse, more than in 87% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Lagrasse. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 554 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.
Lagrasse and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagrasse | 47.8 | 29% | 29% | 22% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 10.3 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 11.9 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 12.8 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 15.8 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 16.6 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 17.1 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
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 Lagrasse
What is the population of Lagrasse?
554 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (566).
How old are Lagrasse’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lagrasse?
130, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lagrasse?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 22% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (21%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lagrasse?
€21,520 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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