Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Molandier’s population at 252, in 110 households. Across Molandier, 3.5% of homes are flats. Few places have so few households without a car: 3.8% here, fewer than in 95% 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.
What stands out about the people of Molandier
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 29 second homes and occasional dwellings in Molandier, 20% of its 140 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 14% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Molandier ranks above 93% of compared French towns on second homes: 20%
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 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 5.7% of homes stand empty in Molandier. In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 28% have stayed 30 years or more. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
+10% since 2012, a pace 68% 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
The first five years brought +3%; the six to 2023, +6%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%.
Molandier ranks below 94% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Molandier 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Molandier is 48.7, higher than in 78% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Locally, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 97% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
14% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Put another way, about one in three: just over a third of households are couples with children. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €24,980 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,980 a year: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 24% in Molandier, less than in 88% 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
More households headed by a manual worker than in 54% of compared French towns: 15%. Set beside that, 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).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 68% of compared French towns, at 2.8%
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 Molandier, 5.7% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Molandier ranks below 68% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 45% in Molandier. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 Molandier, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 252 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Molandier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molandier | 48.7 | 23% | 20% | 5.7% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 2 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 7.2 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Nailloux 4,211 · 9.1 mi | 37.7 | 14% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Cintegabelle 3,006 · 10.1 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 3.2% | 4.5% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 10.3 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 10.3 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 Molandier
What is the population of Molandier?
252 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (230).
How old are Molandier’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Molandier?
29, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Molandier?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Molandier?
€24,980 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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