Half of Paziols is over 54.1, older than 93% of compared French towns
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 3.7% in Paziols. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 5.4%, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Paziols was home to 526 people in 270 households. Empty homes make up about one in 32 here (3.1%).
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 Paziols
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 210 second homes and occasional dwellings in Paziols, 42% of its 490 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Paziols (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 19% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Paziols’ residents are under 54.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
42% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% 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
One household in nine has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Across Paziols, 12% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 53% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Paziols has changed by +1%, slower than 65% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aude town +4%. The change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and ±0% from 2017 to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Paziols 54.1. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of Paziols’ residents are 65 or older, against 29% in the median Aude town and 22% in the median compared French town; 17% are under 18. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 16% 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
With single-parent households at 7.5%, Paziols is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Each household has 2 people on average. One-person households are rarer here than in 53% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €19,330 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.
Half of residents live in households above €19,330 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
Paziols: 42% of households are headed by a retired person, above 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
Locally, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. The usual figure: 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).
Paziols ranks above 92% of compared French towns on immigrants: 19%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Paziols comes in at 16%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
47% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 78% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Paziols sits below 60% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (17%)
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 graduates of higher education stands at 31%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Paziols
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paziols | 54.1 | 31% | 42% | 19% |
| Espira-de-l'Agly 3,524 · 8 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 2.7% | 5.2% |
| Baixas 2,777 · 8.6 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 4.4% | 5.1% |
| Rivesaltes 9,270 · 9.9 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.3% |
| Salses-le-Château 3,965 · 10.1 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 7% | 5.8% |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière 4,129 · 11.4 mi | 41.6 | 20% | 2.6% | 6% |
| Millas 4,417 · 11.5 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
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 Paziols
What is the population of Paziols?
526 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (520).
How old are Paziols’ residents?
The median age is 54.1, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Paziols?
210, with occasional dwellings: 42% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Paziols?
INSEE counts 99 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 19% of residents, and 82 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Paziols?
€19,330 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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