Flats: 5.1%, a lower share than 95% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM); in Pomas, 3.4%. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 21%. At 7.9%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 82% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,017, in 450 households.
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 Pomas
Growing fast
Pomas had 833 residents at the 2012 census and 1,017 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 92% of compared French towns: Pomas changed by +22% since 2012
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 Aude town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +6% and the next six +15%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 86% of compared French towns: 8.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pomas 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 64% of compared French towns: 20%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Half of Pomas’s residents are over 45, older than in 56% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are one person living alone, below 80% 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
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Pomas. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
Households without a car make up 7.2% in Pomas, less than in 72% 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
Some nearly one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 18% who have been there 30 years or more. More second homes than in three fifths of compared French towns: 2.9%. On average, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 5.7% of the total.
The median resident lives on €24,630 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,630 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Pomas sits below 73% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (28%)
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 manager or professional is 9.4%; Pomas has 7.9%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
13% of residents are immigrants, more than in 81% 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.
Foreign nationals: 11%, above 85% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
A higher share of married residents than 77% of compared French towns, at 47%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Pomas. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 60% of compared French towns: 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
20% of adults out of school have no qualification. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,017 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Pomas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomas | 45 | 20% | 2.9% | 13% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 5.2 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 6.6 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 7.8 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 9.4 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 10.4 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 10.5 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
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 Pomas
What is the population of Pomas?
1,017 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (833).
How old are Pomas’ residents?
The median age is 45, older than 56% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pomas?
14, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pomas?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pomas?
€24,630 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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