Households headed by a manager or professional: 2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
With single-parent households at 14%, Saint-Couat-d'Aude is ahead of 90% of compared French towns on that count. Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 3.3% of homes are flats. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 387, in 190 households. Locally, 11% of homes stand empty.
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 Saint-Couat-d'Aude
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Couat-d'Aude, 15% of its 260 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Saint-Couat-d'Aude’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Couat-d'Aude had 407 residents at the 2012 census and 387 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Couat-d'Aude sits above 91% of compared French towns for second homes (15%)
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 7.2%.
Since 2012, Saint-Couat-d'Aude has changed by −5%, slower than 88% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Aude.
Saint-Couat-d'Aude is older than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Couat-d'Aude 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 25% in Saint-Couat-d'Aude.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Only 15% of households are couples with children in Saint-Couat-d'Aude
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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Saint-Couat-d'Aude has 43%. There are 2 people in the average household. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €21,430 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.
At €21,430 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 95% of compared French towns: 25%
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 retired person: 34% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Couat-d'Aude sits above 72% of compared French towns for immigrants (10%)
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 share of foreign nationals is 7.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
More single residents than 60% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married and 5.5% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 6.6% are widowed. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 70% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Put another way, about one in five: a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 387 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 Saint-Couat-d'Aude
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Couat-d'Aude | 51.1 | 25% | 15% | 10% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 6.4 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 9.4 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 12.4 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 12.6 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 14 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 14.1 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
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 Saint-Couat-d'Aude
What is the population of Saint-Couat-d'Aude?
387 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (407).
How old are Saint-Couat-d'Aude’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Couat-d'Aude?
39, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Couat-d'Aude?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (7.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Couat-d'Aude?
€21,430 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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