14% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 361 residents in 180 households: that is Malviès at the 2023 Census. In Malviès, 24% of households are headed by a retired person. The figure for flats is 3.8% in Malviès and 30% 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 Malviès
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Malviès, 15% of its 240 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Malviès had 389 residents at the 2012 census and 361 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Malviès’ residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Malviès, 15% of homes are second homes, more than in 91% 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
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6% of households have no car in Malviès. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 18% of households moved in; at the other end, 14% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns.
−7% since 2012, a pace below 93% 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
Over those years, the median Aude town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 52.2: Malviès is older than 89% 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
■ Malviès 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
6.6% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 27% here, more than in 75% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 38% of households are one person living alone
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
A household here holds 2 people on average. Few places have as many single-parent households: 11% here, more than in 62% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €26,320 a year to live on
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 Malviès’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,320 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 82% of compared French towns: 5.4%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 11%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional 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 73% of compared French towns: 7.8%
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.
In Malviès, 8.9% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 65% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Single residents make up 18% in Malviès, less than in 98% of compared French towns
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
The share of married residents is 44%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 29% in Malviès, less than in 52% 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 Malviès, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 361 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 62.3 in Prayssac.
Malviès 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malviès | 52.2 | 27% | 15% | 8.9% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 4.5 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Bram 3,233 · 9.4 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 10.7 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 11 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 11.2 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 12.9 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 Malviès
What is the population of Malviès?
361 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (389).
How old are Malviès’ residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Malviès?
36, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Malviès?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.9% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (7.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Malviès?
€26,320 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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