Half of Les Ilhes is over 59, older than 98% of compared French towns
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 64 residents in Les Ilhes, living in 31 households. Here, three in five households are headed by a retired person. The share of one-person households is 40%, against 35% 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 Les Ilhes
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Ilhes, 41% of its 61 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Les Ilhes’ residents are under 59 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Les Ilhes had 48 residents at the 2012 census and 64 in 2023, up 33%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 41%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 8.2%.
+33% since 2012, a pace 97% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +8%, and from 2017 to 2023 +23%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 41% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Ilhes 59. The median compared French town: 44.
7.1% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
31 households; about four in ten (40%) are one person
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
Les Ilhes: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 83% 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 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).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 88% of compared French towns: 13%
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.
About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Les Ilhes (7.1%). That is higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 54%
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 (19%), Les Ilhes is below 94% of compared French towns. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Les Ilhes, 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 95% 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
Roughly two in ten: a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 64 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Les Ilhes is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Ilhes | 59 | 41% | 41% | 7.1% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 5.8 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 6.9 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 7.8 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 9.6 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Mazamet 10,085 · 9.7 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 7% | 8.5% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 10.4 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
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 Ilhes
What is the population of Les Ilhes?
64 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 33% more than in 2012 (48).
How old are Les Ilhes’ residents?
The median age is 59, older than 98% of compared French towns. 7.1% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Ilhes?
25, with occasional dwellings: 41% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Ilhes?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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