Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.8% of households have no car
7.4% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Census day 2023: 595 residents and 250 households in Sainte-Eulalie. Across Sainte-Eulalie, 3.5% of homes stand empty. One-person households are rarer here than in 96% 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.
Sainte-Eulalie’s population changed by +14% since 2012, more than in 79% 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, −3% to 2017 and +18% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Aude.
A median age of 41.1: Sainte-Eulalie is younger than 72% 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
■ Sainte-Eulalie 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 66% of compared French towns: 20%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 6% of households are single parents
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
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 32% in Sainte-Eulalie. Average household size: 2.4 people. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 5.4% of homes are flats
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up just over one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At 1.5%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €26,580 a year per consumption unit
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 €26,580 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 30% of households are headed by a retired person
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 8%. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker account for 12%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sainte-Eulalie: 5.5% of residents are foreign nationals, above 61% of compared French towns
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 56% of compared French towns. Immigrants account for 7.4%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Sainte-Eulalie sits below 88% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Sainte-Eulalie has 46%. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Above 68% of compared French towns: 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Sainte-Eulalie has fewer adults with no qualification than 54% of compared French towns, at 18%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 595 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Sainte-Eulalie
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Eulalie | 41.1 | 20% | 1.5% | 7.4% |
| Bram 3,233 · 5 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 5.5 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 7.4 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 7.6 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 9.6 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 10.2 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
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 Sainte-Eulalie
What is the population of Sainte-Eulalie?
595 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (523).
How old are Sainte-Eulalie’s residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Eulalie?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Eulalie?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Eulalie?
€26,580 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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