A median age of 56.5: Plaigne is older than 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Plaigne, 15% of households are couples with children. The town’s 62 households held 119 residents at the 2023 Census. 7.7% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%.
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 Plaigne
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plaigne, 32% of its 100 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Plaigne’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
54% of Plaigne’s households are one person: higher than in 97% of compared French towns; 29% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Plaigne (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 18% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 32%, a higher share than 95% 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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Plaigne has 5.7%. In Plaigne, 8.6% of homes stand empty. Few places have so few households without a car: 9.5% here, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Plaigne’s population changed by +9% since 2012, more than in 67% 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 +6%; 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aude town +4%.
In Plaigne, 5.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Plaigne 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 93% of compared French towns: 34%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 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.
A larger share of one-person households than 97% of compared French towns: 54%
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
Each household has 1.9 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€25,840 a year: the median standard of living
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 €25,840 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Plaigne: 38% of households are headed by a retired person, above 79% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 7.7%, Plaigne is behind 62% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 17% in Plaigne, more than in 88% 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.
18% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 84% 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
Here 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Adults with no qualification account for 19%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 119 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Plaigne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaigne | 56.5 | 34% | 32% | 17% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 6.5 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 8.5 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 9.2 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 10.6 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 11.2 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 12.3 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
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 Plaigne
What is the population of Plaigne?
119 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (109).
How old are Plaigne’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plaigne?
33, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plaigne?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (18%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plaigne?
€25,840 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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