Half of Saint-Julia-de-Bec is over 63.5, older than 99% of compared French towns
Couples with children: 9.1% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 98 people lived in Saint-Julia-de-Bec, in 57 households. Households headed by a retired person: 45% of the total. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 6.6%, fewer than in just over three quarters of compared French towns.
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-Julia-de-Bec
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Julia-de-Bec, 27% of its 100 homes: higher than in 95% 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-Julia-de-Bec’s residents are under 63.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Saint-Julia-de-Bec (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. 12% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 27% of its 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
The figure for flats is 8.9% in Saint-Julia-de-Bec and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 15%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Saint-Julia-de-Bec changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 70% 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 +6% and the next six −6%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns, at 44%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Julia-de-Bec 63.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 4.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Saint-Julia-de-Bec. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Julia-de-Bec ranks above 85% of compared French towns on one-person households: 45%
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. Households average 1.7 people. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,620 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 Saint-Julia-de-Bec’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,620 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
In Saint-Julia-de-Bec, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 75% 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
Locally, 9.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 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).
A larger share of immigrants than 86% of compared French towns: 15%
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 86% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in eight: that is how common foreign nationals are in Saint-Julia-de-Bec (12%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 52% of residents 15 and over are married
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
By its share of single residents (23%), Saint-Julia-de-Bec is below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 13% in Saint-Julia-de-Bec, less than in 86% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 98 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Saint-Julia-de-Bec the oldest (63.5).
Saint-Julia-de-Bec is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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-Julia-de-Bec
What is the population of Saint-Julia-de-Bec?
98 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (98).
How old are Saint-Julia-de-Bec’s residents?
The median age is 63.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 7.7% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Julia-de-Bec?
27, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Julia-de-Bec?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Julia-de-Bec?
€22,620 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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