Ornaisons sits below 93% of compared French towns for households in social housing (3.2%)
With a median age of 50.4, Ornaisons is older than 84% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Ornaisons was home to 1,161 people in 570 households. Households without a car make up about one in 17 here (5.9%). Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, one in ten homes are flats here.
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 Ornaisons
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 79 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ornaisons, 11% of its 730 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ornaisons had 1,224 residents at the 2012 census and 1,161 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes are second homes, a share 88% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 12% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 16%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. On empty homes, Ornaisons sits higher than 83% of compared French towns: 11%.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 88% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Above 77% of compared French towns: 27% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ornaisons 50.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.7% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 76% of compared French towns: 12%
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 average household has 2 people. Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households is 36%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,270 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.
At €24,270 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Only 6.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Ornaisons
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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Ornaisons. On households headed by a manual worker, Ornaisons sits lower than 52% of compared French towns: 14%. As a yardstick, 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).
Immigrants make up 5% in Ornaisons, less than in 63% of compared French towns
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 the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Ornaisons has 3.3%. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 61% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Ornaisons ranks below 63% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 26%
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
The share of adults with no qualification trails just over three fifths of compared French towns: 17%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,161 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Ornaisons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ornaisons | 50.4 | 27% | 11% | 5% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 4.2 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 7.9 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 8.3 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 9.4 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 10 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Coursan 5,737 · 11.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.7% | 5.8% |
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 Ornaisons
What is the population of Ornaisons?
1,161 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,224).
How old are Ornaisons’ residents?
The median age is 50.4, older than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ornaisons?
79, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ornaisons?
INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ornaisons?
€24,270 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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