Flats make up 2.7% in Moux, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person: 41%, above 86% of compared French towns. 3.9% of households rent social housing (HLM). On one-person households, Moux sits lower than 75% of compared French towns: 30%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 719, in 330 households.
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 Moux
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 63 second homes and occasional dwellings in Moux, 14% of its 440 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 51 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
14% 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
With empty homes at 11%, Moux is ahead of 86% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 12: nearly one in ten households have no car.
A growing town: +7% since 2012, faster than 58% 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 smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of compared French towns: 8.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Moux 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Moux. Add to that, the median age in the town is 48.4, higher than in just over three quarters of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 53% of compared French towns: 26% of households are couples with children
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
Households average 2.2 people. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Lower than in 65% of compared French towns: 9.1% of households are single parents.
Half above, half below €22,390 a year in standard of living
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 €22,390 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Moux ranks below 73% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 11%
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
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Moux: 6.5% 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 half of compared French towns. Across Moux, 4.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 67% of compared French towns: 45% of residents 15 and over are married
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
At 26%, the share of single residents is higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Moux
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Moux (20%). Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 719 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Moux, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moux | 48.4 | 24% | 14% | 6.5% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 5.6 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 10.4 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 13.1 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 14 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 15.2 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 15.3 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 Moux
What is the population of Moux?
719 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (674).
How old are Moux’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Moux?
63, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Moux?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Moux?
€22,390 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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