In Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude, 4.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 90% of compared French towns
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude. At the 2023 Census, 2,014 people lived in the town, in 850 households. Second homes: 5.2% of the total. This Aude town has more households headed by a manual worker than 79% of compared French towns, at 19%.
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.
+14% since 2012, a pace 79% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +13% and the next six ±0%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 69% of compared French towns: 9.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude’s residents are over 44.6, older than in 54% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. For Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
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%.
31% of households are couples with children, a share 82% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: a tenth of the total.
Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude ranks below 87% of compared French towns on flats: 9.4%
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
Without a car: one household in 11, against 11% in the median compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. 8.1% of homes stand empty, or about one in 12.
Standard of living at the median: €23,920 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,920 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 71% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 7.1% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 32% 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).
6.2% of residents in Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 28 here (3.6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 81% of compared French towns: 22%
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 Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude comes in at 46%. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 26% in Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude, less than in 66% 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
Across Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 2,014 to 2,582 people, the 17th youngest
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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude, 5 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-Marcel-sur-Aude | 44.6 | 23% | 5.2% | 6.2% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 1.7 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 3.9 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 4 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 6.1 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
| Coursan 5,737 · 7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.7% | 5.8% |
| Vinassan 2,662 · 8.2 mi | 48 | 24% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
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-Marcel-sur-Aude
What is the population of Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude?
2,014 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,773).
How old are Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude?
51, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 72 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude?
€23,920 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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