Leucate is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 63
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 57% in Leucate. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 4,562, in 2,600 households. Here, 9.7% of households are couples with children. At 7.7%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 73% 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 Leucate
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 13,920 second homes and occasional dwellings in Leucate, 84% of its 16,640 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 60% 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 Leucate’s residents are under 63 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 46% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Leucate’s households are one person: higher than in 93% of compared French towns; 36% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 84%, a higher share than 99% 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
One household in nine has no car (median compared French town: 11%). At 0.7%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On the census count, two in five homes are flats.
Leucate grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 69% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%. The first five years brought +7%; the six to 2023, +3%.
In Leucate, 46% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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
■ Leucate 63. The median compared French town: 44.
5.3% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
More one-person households than 93% of compared French towns: 50%
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
6.2% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Households here average 1.7 people each.
A typical living standard of €24,210 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,210 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 69% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 17.0% of the population.
In Leucate, 5% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 96% 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
In Leucate, 6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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).
6.4% of Leucate’s 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.
That is lower than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 88% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Few places have as many married residents: 44% here, more than in 56% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Leucate, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 61% 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
The census found that a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Leucate. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 4,515 to 4,612 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.
Crespin is the youngest (37.1); Leucate the oldest (63).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Leucate
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leucate | 63 | 46% | 84% | 6.4% |
| Le Barcarès 6,109 · 5.1 mi | 63.7 | 47% | 77% | 7.3% |
| Salses-le-Château 3,965 · 7.2 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 7% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Hippolyte 3,126 · 7.7 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 6.1% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque 9,898 · 7.8 mi | 54.6 | 35% | 7.3% | 6.7% |
| Torreilles 3,753 · 8.7 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 35% | 6.4% |
| Port-la-Nouvelle 5,852 · 9.4 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 57% | 5.7% |
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 Leucate
What is the population of Leucate?
4,562 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (4,148).
How old are Leucate’s residents?
The median age is 63, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 46% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Leucate?
13,920, with occasional dwellings: 84% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Leucate?
INSEE counts 290 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 190 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Leucate?
€24,210 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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