4.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 89% of compared French towns
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Pexiora has 9.1%. 1,266 residents in 540 households: that is Pexiora at the 2023 Census. Locally, 17% of residents are 65 or over. On households without a car, Pexiora sits lower than 72% of compared French towns: 7.1%.
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.
Pexiora’s population moved −2% on 2012, less than in 77% 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
In two steps, −5% 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 41.5: Pexiora is younger than 69% 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
■ Pexiora 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Pexiora has 12%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 29% in Pexiora, more than in 69% 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
One-person households: 33% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average. More single-parent households than in 54% of compared French towns: 10%.
A higher share of empty homes than 68% of compared French towns, at 8.4%
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 14, where the median compared French town has 11%. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 2.6% of homes are second homes, or about one in 38.
€23,290 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €23,290 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Pexiora sits above 85% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (21%)
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Pexiora. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Across Pexiora, 9.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 66% of compared French towns: 2.9% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. In Pexiora, 7.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 29%, a higher share than 73% 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
In Pexiora, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 63% of compared French towns: 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
Compared with other places, adults with no qualification are common here: 20%, more than in 55% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,266 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Pexiora
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pexiora | 41.5 | 17% | 2.6% | 7.1% |
| Bram 3,233 · 4.3 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 5.3 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Sorèze 2,965 · 12.5 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| Revel 9,762 · 13.3 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 3% | 6.1% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 14.4 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 14.9 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 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 Pexiora
What is the population of Pexiora?
1,266 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,289).
How old are Pexiora’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pexiora?
16, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pexiora?
INSEE counts 90 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pexiora?
€23,290 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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