Photo: Tylwyth Eldar · CC BY-SA 4.08.3% of homes are flats, below 90% of compared French towns
The share of second homes tops 84% of compared French towns: 7.3%. At 25%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 68% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Ouveillan’s population at 2,713, in 1,230 households. Single-parent households account for 13%.
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 Ouveillan
Growing fast
Ouveillan had 2,300 residents at the 2012 census and 2,713 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 180 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ouveillan grew +18% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 87% 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%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then +10% to 2023.
8.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below 90% 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
■ Ouveillan 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Ouveillan is 44.5, higher than in 53% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 57% of compared French towns: 34%
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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 24% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 56% of compared French towns.
Ouveillan: 12% of homes stand empty, above 88% 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
8.3% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The census found that 7.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Ouveillan.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,390 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.
The median standard of living in Ouveillan is €23,390 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 18.0%.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 63% of compared French towns: 7.5%
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
Here, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 62% of compared French towns: 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals
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 lower than in 56% of compared French towns. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. For Ouveillan, the census puts immigrants at 5.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, below 75% 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
At 25%, the share of single residents is lower than in 52% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 16%, a lower share than 66% of compared French towns
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Ouveillan. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,679 to 2,747 people), the 18th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Étrembières is the youngest (36.2); Piriac-sur-Mer the oldest (63.6).
Every neighbor is older than Ouveillan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ouveillan | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 2.2 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 3.1 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Capestang 3,514 · 4.6 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.6% | 9% |
| Coursan 5,737 · 6 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.7% | 5.8% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 6.5 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 7.7 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
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 Ouveillan
What is the population of Ouveillan?
2,713 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (2,300).
How old are Ouveillan’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ouveillan?
110, with occasional dwellings: 7.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ouveillan?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 87 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ouveillan?
€23,390 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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