0.7% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Here 4.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. At 5.8%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 81% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 547 residents in 250 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 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 Magrie
An older town
Half of Magrie’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+6% since 2012, a pace 57% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aude town +4%.
Magrie is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Magrie 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 30% in Magrie and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Magrie sits below 90% of compared French towns for one-person households (27%)
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
Here 12% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.2 people. Fewer couples with children than in 56% of compared French towns: 24%.
7.5% of homes stand empty, more than in 58% 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 17 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 27%. On second homes, Magrie sits higher than 57% of compared French towns: 2.6%.
A typical living standard of €24,170 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 €24,170 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 80% of compared French towns: 39%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Magrie. Elsewhere, 32% 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).
5% of residents are immigrants, below 63% 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.
Put another way, about one in 24: 4.1% of residents are foreign nationals. 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Magrie has 51%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 71% 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
In Magrie, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (547 to 2,582 people), the 10th oldest
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Magrie
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magrie | 51.7 | 30% | 2.6% | 5% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 2 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Quillan 2,978 · 10.6 mi | 59.1 | 38% | 19% | 14% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 13.7 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 14.8 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Bram 3,233 · 15.3 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 16.1 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 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 Magrie
What is the population of Magrie?
547 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (514).
How old are Magrie’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Magrie?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Magrie?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Magrie?
€24,170 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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