Households without a car: 2.4%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The share of flats is 3.7%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. 7.5% of homes are second homes. The median age in Mézerville is 50.5, higher than in 85% of compared French towns. This Aude town had 96 residents in 40 households at the 2023 census.
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 Mézerville
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Mézerville (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 24% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 24% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Mézerville’s population changed by +16% since 2012, more than in 83% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Aude town, the change came in two steps: +14% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mézerville 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 29%, above 82% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 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.
In Mézerville, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
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
The typical household size is 2.4 people. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. For Mézerville, the census puts single-parent households at 13%. On couples with children, Mézerville sits lower than 51% of compared French towns: 25%.
A larger share of empty homes than 98% of compared French towns: 17%
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
12% of households arrived within the last two years, while 27% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 38% of households are headed by a retired person here. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 96% of compared French towns: 24% 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.
The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 96% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Mézerville comes in at 24%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Mézerville ranks above 84% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (28%), Mézerville is below 56% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 96 to 2,582 people, the 13th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Mézerville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mézerville | 50.5 | 29% | 7.5% | 24% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 5.3 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 9.6 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 10.5 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Villefranche-de-Lauragais 5,072 · 10.7 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 1.8% | 5% |
| Nailloux 4,211 · 10.8 mi | 37.7 | 14% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 12.3 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 Mézerville
What is the population of Mézerville?
96 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (83).
How old are Mézerville’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mézerville?
4, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mézerville?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 24% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (24%). 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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