0.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Les Cassés has 20%. Here, 3.1% of households have no car. 27% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 319, in 130 households.
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 Les Cassés
Growing fast
Les Cassés had 255 residents at the 2012 census and 319 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 7.7% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +25% since 2012, faster than 94% 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
Over those years, the median Aude town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +16%, then +8% to 2023.
19% of residents are 65 or over, below 71% 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
■ Les Cassés 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Les Cassés is 45, higher than in 56% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 10% here, about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 90% of compared French towns: 34%
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
In Les Cassés, 7.7% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Second homes make up 6.2% in Les Cassés, more than in 81% 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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Les Cassés, 4.8% of homes stand empty. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
A typical living standard of €24,330 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.
At €24,330 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 80% of compared French towns: 19%
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 make up 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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).
Les Cassés sits below 75% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.8%)
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.
In Les Cassés, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 51% of residents 15 and over are married
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: 19% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Les Cassés: 44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 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
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 20th youngest of 41 French towns of 319 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.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Les Cassés
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Cassés | 45 | 19% | 6.2% | 3.8% |
| Revel 9,762 · 7.1 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 3% | 6.1% |
| Villefranche-de-Lauragais 5,072 · 7.7 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 1.8% | 5% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 8.7 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Caraman 2,513 · 9.2 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 2.6% | 3.8% |
| Sorèze 2,965 · 9.3 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| Puylaurens 3,257 · 12.5 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
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 Les Cassés
What is the population of Les Cassés?
319 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (255).
How old are Les Cassés’ residents?
The median age is 45, older than 56% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Cassés?
9, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Cassés?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Cassés?
€24,330 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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