Quintillan is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 62 people lived in Quintillan, in 32 households. The share of flats stands at 3.4%. The figure for households without a car is 3.1% in Quintillan and 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Quintillan
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 55 second homes and occasional dwellings in Quintillan, 63% of its 88 homes: higher than in 99% 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 Quintillan’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Quintillan had 67 residents at the 2012 census and 62 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Quintillan sits above 99% of compared French towns for second homes (63%)
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
19% of households arrived within the last two years, while 28% have stayed 30 years or more. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 1.1%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
−7% since 2012, a pace below 94% 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 −22%; from 2017 to 2023, +19%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.5% in Quintillan, less than in 98% 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
■ Quintillan 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21% of the total. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
40% women, 60% men
About 68 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Quintillan: 43% of households are one person living alone, above 79% 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
Households here average 1.9 people each. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Still, in Quintillan, 29% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town.
Quintillan ranks above 90% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 43%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Quintillan, 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.
The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 81% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. In Quintillan, just over one in ten residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 48% in Quintillan, more 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 31% in Quintillan. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 66% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Graduates of higher education: 30% of the total. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 62 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.
No nearby town is as old as Quintillan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quintillan | 55.5 | 21% | 63% | 13% |
| Salses-le-Château 3,965 · 14.1 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 7% | 5.8% |
| Sigean 5,657 · 14.2 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 17% | 5.1% |
| Espira-de-l'Agly 3,524 · 14.6 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 2.7% | 5.2% |
| Baixas 2,777 · 15.7 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 4.4% | 5.1% |
| Rivesaltes 9,270 · 16 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.3% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 16.2 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
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 Quintillan
What is the population of Quintillan?
62 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (67).
How old are Quintillan’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Quintillan?
55, with occasional dwellings: 63% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Quintillan?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (11%). 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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