Households headed by a manager or professional make up 2.2% in Pieusse, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In Pieusse, 3.5% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The town counted 970 residents and 450 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 19: 5.2% of homes are flats. At 8.3%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
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 Pieusse
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 61 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pieusse, 11% of its 560 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 88% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Pieusse’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 11% of its homes
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
Of all households, 12% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, with empty homes at 8.1%, Pieusse is ahead of 65% of compared French towns on that count.
−3% since 2012: slower than 82% 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 −1%; 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aude town +4%.
A median age of 51.1: Pieusse is older than 86% 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
■ Pieusse 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 28% of residents are 65 or over in Pieusse.
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 32% of households are one person living alone in Pieusse
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Pieusse has more single-parent households than nearly two thirds of compared French towns, at 11%. On couples with children, 25% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €24,330 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €24,330 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Pieusse ranks above 74% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 37%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Pieusse has 11%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 63% of compared French towns, at 8.5%
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 63% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 5.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 50%, a higher share than 90% 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 Pieusse, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 67% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
In Pieusse, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 970 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Pieusse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pieusse | 51.1 | 28% | 11% | 8.5% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 1.9 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 10 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 10.9 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 12.2 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Bram 3,233 · 12.8 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 13.5 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 Pieusse
What is the population of Pieusse?
970 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,002).
How old are Pieusse’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pieusse?
61, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pieusse?
INSEE counts 83 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.5% of residents, and 53 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pieusse?
€24,330 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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