Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
The share of households without a car is 3.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. One in ten homes are flats, a lower share than in 87% of compared French towns. Rustiques had 538 residents in 240 households at the 2023 Census. In Rustiques, 6.7% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, Rustiques outgrew 60% of compared French towns: +7%
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%. The first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, +6%.
A median age of 49.4: Rustiques is older than 81% 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
■ Rustiques 49.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Rustiques comes in at 8.5%. Residents aged 65 and over: 23% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 88% 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 average 2.3 people. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 8.8%, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Rustiques.
8.9% of homes in Rustiques are second homes
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
Of all households, 19% moved in during the last two years and 18% have stayed three decades or more. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7.4% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 58% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €25,670 a year
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.
Half of Rustiques’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,670 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 29% in Rustiques, less than in 68% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (11%), Rustiques is above nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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).
Above 68% of compared French towns: 9.6% of residents are immigrants
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 Rustiques, 5.9% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
Single residents: 19%, a lower share than 96% 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
Married residents: 46% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 80% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 538 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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Rustiques, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rustiques | 49.4 | 23% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 1.4 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 5.2 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 5.2 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 6.1 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 6.1 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 7.9 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
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 Rustiques
What is the population of Rustiques?
538 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (502).
How old are Rustiques’ residents?
The median age is 49.4, older than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rustiques?
25, with occasional dwellings: 8.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rustiques?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.6% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rustiques?
€25,670 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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