Saint-Gaudéric ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 11%
With flats at 5.6%, Saint-Gaudéric is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. The share of one-person households stands at 22%. At 9.3%, the share of second homes is higher than in 87% of compared French towns. The town had 108 residents in 44 households at the 2023 census.
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-Gaudéric
Growing fast
Saint-Gaudéric had 82 residents at the 2012 census and 108 in 2023, up 32%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Saint-Gaudéric outgrew 97% of compared French towns: +32%
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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aude town +4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +40%; 2017 to 2023, −6%.
Saint-Gaudéric sits below 77% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.3%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Gaudéric 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 24% in Saint-Gaudéric and 22% in the typical compared French town. The median age in the town is 45, higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 88% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
9.3% of homes stand empty, more than in 74% of compared French towns
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 without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the last two years, 4.5% of households moved in; at the other end, 11% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 44%
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Saint-Gaudéric has 11%. Against that, 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-Gaudéric sits above 78% of compared French towns for immigrants (12%)
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Saint-Gaudéric comes in at 9.3%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Gaudéric: 56% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% 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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns: 8.5%
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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Saint-Gaudéric, 43%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 108 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Saint-Gaudéric 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gaudéric | 45 | 24% | 9.3% | 12% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 4.8 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Bram 3,233 · 11.4 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 13.3 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 14.1 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 14.4 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 15.2 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 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 Saint-Gaudéric
What is the population of Saint-Gaudéric?
108 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% more than in 2012 (82).
How old are Saint-Gaudéric’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Gaudéric?
5, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Gaudéric?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (9.3%). 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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