Above 89% of compared French towns: 34% of households are couples with children
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Laurabuc had 431 residents in 190 households at the 2023 census. 22% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in five. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Laurabuc comes in at 6.5%.
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 Laurabuc
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 30 homes empty (13%): 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 growing town: +7% since 2012, faster than 58% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, +5%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 72% 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
■ Laurabuc 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.4, Laurabuc is younger than 63% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. About one in ten: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Laurabuc (10%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
In Laurabuc, 13% of households are single parents, more than in 88% 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
One-person households: 29% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
A lower share of households without a car than 91% of compared French towns, at 4.5%
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
Of all households, 16% moved in during the last two years and 15% have stayed three decades or more. 13% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 90% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%. Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 6.9% of homes are second homes in Laurabuc.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,320 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 €24,320 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Laurabuc sits above 89% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (22%)
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 12%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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: 7.9%, a higher share than 60% 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.
5.4% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
Married residents make up 38% in Laurabuc, less than in 78% 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
In Laurabuc, 24% of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 13% of adults out of school have no qualification in Laurabuc
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 35% in Laurabuc and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 431 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th youngest
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).
Every neighbor is older than Laurabuc
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Laurabuc
What is the population of Laurabuc?
431 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (404).
How old are Laurabuc’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laurabuc?
16, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laurabuc?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laurabuc?
€24,320 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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