A median age of 65: Lignairolles is older than 99% of compared French towns
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Lignairolles. This Aude town had 33 residents in 17 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, two thirds of households are headed by a retired person. Fewer households without a car than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 5.9%.
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 Lignairolles
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 5 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lignairolles, 17% of its 30 homes: higher than in 92% 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 Lignairolles’ residents are under 65 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 50% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 18% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lignairolles had 36 residents at the 2012 census and 33 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Lignairolles (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 12% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
17% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% 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. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −8% since 2012, behind 95% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Aude. Here the change came as +19% to 2017, then −23% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 50% in Lignairolles, 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
■ Lignairolles 65. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Lignairolles ranks above 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 33%
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
Households average 2 people. On one-person households, Lignairolles sits lower than 59% of compared French towns: 33%. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
33% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 18%, a higher share than 90% 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.
12% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Lignairolles, 28%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Adults with no qualification: 21% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 33 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 65 in Lignairolles.
Every neighbor is younger than Lignairolles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lignairolles | 65 | 50% | 17% | 18% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 6.2 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 11.5 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Bram 3,233 · 11.8 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 13.6 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 15.5 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 17.2 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
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 Lignairolles
What is the population of Lignairolles?
33 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (36).
How old are Lignairolles’ residents?
The median age is 65, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8.8% are under 18 and 50% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lignairolles?
5, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lignairolles?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (12%). 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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