A larger share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put couples with children at 14% in Montauriol. The town is home to 85 residents in 32 households, by the 2023 Census. Here 4.4% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%.
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 Montauriol
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montauriol, 20% of its 45 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 78% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
8.9% of homes stand empty, a share 72% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Car-free households: one in eight, where the median compared French town has 11%. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Across Montauriol, 13% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
+9% since 2012, a pace 66% 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
In two steps, +13% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Aude.
A median age of 39.8: Montauriol is younger than 80% 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
■ Montauriol 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are single parents, more than in 99% 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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents. Montauriol has fewer one-person households than 83% of compared French towns, at 29%.
Montauriol ranks above 74% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 14%
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
Higher than in 53% of compared French towns: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Measured more widely, 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).
7.1% of residents in Montauriol 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.
Here, 3.5% of residents are foreign nationals. That is higher than in 54% 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.
Single residents make up 22% in Montauriol, less than in 80% 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 stands at 42%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 16% 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
With graduates of higher education at 28%, Montauriol is behind 58% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 85 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Montauriol, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montauriol | 39.8 | 24% | 20% | 7.1% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 6.6 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 8.2 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Villefranche-de-Lauragais 5,072 · 10.4 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 1.8% | 5% |
| Nailloux 4,211 · 12 mi | 37.7 | 14% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 13.1 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 13.3 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
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 Montauriol
What is the population of Montauriol?
85 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (78).
How old are Montauriol’s residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montauriol?
9, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montauriol?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (3.5%). 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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