More second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 35%
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households in social housing stands at 3.3%. The 2023 Census put Laroque-de-Fa’s population at 138, in 92 households. Households without a car make up 40%, 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 Laroque-de-Fa
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 54 second homes and occasional dwellings in Laroque-de-Fa, 35% of its 150 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
Many people living alone
72% of Laroque-de-Fa’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 46% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Laroque-de-Fa’s residents are under 53.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Laroque-de-Fa had 146 residents at the 2012 census and 138 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of flats than 93% of compared French towns: 6.5%
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
One household in two has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 19 here (5.2%). The benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Since 2012, Laroque-de-Fa has changed by −5%, slower than 89% 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
The median Aude town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six −9%.
Half of Laroque-de-Fa is over 53.4, older than 91% 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
■ Laroque-de-Fa 53.4. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 73 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 72%
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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are single parents here. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.5 people.
A median standard of living of €16,270 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 €16,270 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 80% 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: 11% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 55% of compared French towns: 33% of households are headed by a retired person. As a reference point, 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).
Laroque-de-Fa: 14% of residents are immigrants, above 84% of compared French towns
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: 11%, above 84% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Fewer married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Single residents make up 48%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
39% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of graduates of higher education trails 78% of compared French towns: 22%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 138 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Laroque-de-Fa and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laroque-de-Fa | 53.4 | 27% | 35% | 14% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 17.3 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
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 Laroque-de-Fa
What is the population of Laroque-de-Fa?
138 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (146).
How old are Laroque-de-Fa’s residents?
The median age is 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laroque-de-Fa?
54, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laroque-de-Fa?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laroque-de-Fa?
€16,270 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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