Laprade is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.2
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Laprade is home to 122 residents in 61 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 58% of households are headed by a retired person. 3.1% of households have no car, against 11% 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 Laprade
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 66 second homes and occasional dwellings in Laprade, 51% of its 130 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 ↓
Growing fast
Laprade had 82 residents at the 2012 census and 122 in 2023, up 49%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Laprade’s residents are under 56.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 51% in Laprade, 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: 7.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 11%. At 0.7%, the share of flats is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Laprade has 1.7%.
A +49% change since 2012: Laprade grew faster than 99% 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
Here the change came as +16% to 2017, then +28% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Aude.
3.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Laprade 56.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Laprade, 31%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 76 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 17%, a lower share than 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
Here a third of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Add to that, nearly one in ten households are single parents, a lower share than in 76% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €21,280 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 Laprade’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,280 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 67% of compared French towns don’t reach
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. Across the comparison, 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).
Immigrants make up 7.1% of Laprade’s residents
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 54% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.1% of residents are immigrants. At 4.7%, foreign nationals sit close to the figure 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.
Single residents: 16%, a lower share than 99% 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
The share of married residents tops 82% of compared French towns: 48%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 122 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Laprade
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laprade | 56.2 | 31% | 51% | 7.1% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 5.6 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 6 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Aussillon 5,527 · 6.7 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 2.9% | 15% |
| Mazamet 10,085 · 7 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 7% | 8.5% |
| Pont-de-Larn 2,947 · 8.5 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
| Soual 2,637 · 10.2 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
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 Laprade
What is the population of Laprade?
122 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 49% more than in 2012 (82).
How old are Laprade’s residents?
The median age is 56.2, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laprade?
66, with occasional dwellings: 51% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laprade?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laprade?
€21,280 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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