One-person households: 14%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for flats is 2.3% in Plavilla and 30% in the typical compared French town. This Aude town had 146 residents in 39 households at the 2023 census. Here, nearly one in ten homes are second homes. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 94% 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 Plavilla
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Plavilla (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. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Growing fast
Plavilla had 122 residents at the 2012 census and 146 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Plavilla’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Plavilla grew +20% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 90% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aude town +4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −10%; from 2017 to 2023, +33%.
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Plavilla is over 50.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plavilla 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
More residents aged 65 and over than in 54% of compared French towns: 23%.
Women and men · all residents
62% women, 38% men
About 62 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
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: 2.3 people. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. More couples with children than in 68% of compared French towns: 29%.
In Plavilla, 5.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 85% 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
4.6% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
In Plavilla, 29% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 71% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 17%, a higher share than 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.
16% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. 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.
54% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 99% 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
The share of married residents trails 96% of compared French towns: 32%. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 10% in Plavilla, less than in 95% 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
45% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 146 to 2,582 people
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).
Plavilla is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plavilla | 50.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 17% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 4.3 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 12.1 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Bram 3,233 · 12.3 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 13.2 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 13.6 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 15 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
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 Plavilla
What is the population of Plavilla?
146 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (122).
How old are Plavilla’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 86% of compared French towns. 6.5% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plavilla?
4, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plavilla?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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