Half of Lastours is over 59.3, older than 98% of compared French towns
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Lastours has 7.9%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 144, in 71 households. 7.2% of households have no car. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Lastours
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lastours, 18% of its 110 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 86% 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 Lastours’ residents are under 59.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lastours had 166 residents at the 2012 census and 144 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
19% of homes stand empty, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 22%. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Lastours has more second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 18%. Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Lastours changed by −13% from 2012 to 2023, slower 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
The first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, −9%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lastours 59.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 30%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 95% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 33% of households are one person living alone in Lastours. Average household size: 2 people. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €19,700 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €19,700 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 71% of compared French towns, at 6.7%
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 retired person account for 33%. 13% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 83% of compared French towns: 14% of residents are immigrants
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 10% of residents are foreign nationals in Lastours. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lastours: 46% of residents 15 and over are married, above 74% 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
By its share of single residents (23%), Lastours is below 73% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Lastours sits below 62% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (17%)
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 144 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Lastours
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lastours | 59.3 | 30% | 18% | 14% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 4.4 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 5.5 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 6.6 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 8.3 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 9.1 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 11 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 Lastours
What is the population of Lastours?
144 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (166).
How old are Lastours’ residents?
The median age is 59.3, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lastours?
21, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lastours?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lastours?
€19,700 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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