Fewer couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 3.8%
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 4.1% of households are headed by a manual worker here. 7.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. Ribaute had 262 residents in 120 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.1% in the 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 Ribaute
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 87 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ribaute, 38% of its 230 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ribaute had 296 residents at the 2012 census and 262 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Ribaute’s residents are under 55.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Ribaute (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 10% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes stand empty in Ribaute. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. About one in 20: that is how common households without a car are in Ribaute (5%). On households in social housing, Ribaute sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 1.7%.
−11% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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 median Aude town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −7% and the next six −5%.
Ribaute is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ribaute 55.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Ribaute, 31% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 8.1% of households are single parents
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
Here 39% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.8 people.
€19,970 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.
Living standards centre on €19,970 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 50% of households are headed by a retired person
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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 4.1% in Ribaute and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly a third 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).
In Ribaute, 15% of residents are immigrants, more than in 86% 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.
With foreign nationals at 10%, Ribaute is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
34% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 89% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Ribaute comes in at 36%. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 33% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (22%), Ribaute is below 78% of compared French towns. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (262 to 2,582 people), the 5th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Ribaute 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ribaute | 55.3 | 31% | 38% | 15% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 8.9 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 11.8 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 13.2 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 16 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 16.3 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 17 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 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 Ribaute
What is the population of Ribaute?
262 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (296).
How old are Ribaute’s residents?
The median age is 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ribaute?
87, with occasional dwellings: 38% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ribaute?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ribaute?
€19,970 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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