A lower share of couples with children than 90% of compared French towns, at 15%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Limoux has 4.9%. The 2023 Census counted 10,532 residents in 5,190 households. Put another way, about one in three: 30% of residents are 65 or over. 21% of households have no car, a higher share than in 85% 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.
+3% since 2012: slower than 56% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aude town +4%.
Older than 84% of compared French towns: half of Limoux is over 50.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Limoux 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.6%, against 11% 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.
Limoux ranks above 91% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 14%
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 1.9 people. Limoux has more one-person households than just over four fifths of compared French towns, at 44%. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town.
Limoux sits above 80% of compared French towns for empty homes (10%)
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
Here 4.7% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Limoux has more flats than 56% of compared French towns, at 34%. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 15% moved in during the last two years and 18% have stayed three decades or more.
€21,910 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €21,910 a year: lower than in 89% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 24.0% of residents.
Limoux sits above 72% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (37%)
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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in eight. On average, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 75% of compared French towns: 11% of 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.
8.7% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 75% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 84% of compared French towns: 37%
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 Limoux, 30%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 83% of compared French towns: 27%
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
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Charvieu-Chavagneux (35.9), the oldest La Londe-les-Maures (59.6).
Of the 6 towns nearest Limoux, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limoux | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 11.8 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Quillan 2,978 · 12.5 mi | 59.1 | 38% | 19% | 14% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 12.8 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Bram 3,233 · 13.9 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 14.1 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 15.4 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 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 Limoux
What is the population of Limoux?
10,532 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (10,180).
How old are Limoux’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Limoux?
290, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Limoux?
INSEE counts 1,170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 920 foreign nationals (8.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Limoux?
€21,910 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 24.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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