Half of Puilaurens is over 58, older than 97% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Puilaurens, 5.3%. The town is home to 277 residents in 150 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 10% of households are couples with children. Few places have so few households in social housing: 2.6% here, fewer than in 95% 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 Puilaurens
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Puilaurens, 47% of its 300 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Puilaurens’ residents are under 58 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Puilaurens (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. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Puilaurens ranks above 97% of compared French towns on second homes: 47%
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
Here 6.6% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. On top of that, at 3.6%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 91% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: +5% since 2012, behind 51% 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 change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 6.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Puilaurens 58. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 32% of residents are 65 or over here. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Puilaurens ranks above 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 20%
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
Households here average 1.8 people each. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. At 33%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
€19,800 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 €19,800 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 47% in Puilaurens, more than in 95% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Add to that, households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Puilaurens, 15%. 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.
In Puilaurens, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 23% of residents 15 and over are single here. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 11% of adults out of school have no 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
The share of graduates of higher education trails 62% of compared French towns: 27%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 277 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.
A younger town than 1 of the 3 around it: Puilaurens
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Puilaurens
What is the population of Puilaurens?
277 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (265).
How old are Puilaurens’ residents?
The median age is 58, older than 97% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puilaurens?
140, with occasional dwellings: 47% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puilaurens?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puilaurens?
€19,800 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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