Sallèles-Cabardès is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 61.6
Flats: 1.2% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Sallèles-Cabardès was home to 110 people in 58 households. Across Sallèles-Cabardès, 18% of households are couples with children. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 82% 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 Sallèles-Cabardès
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sallèles-Cabardès, 20% of its 80 homes: higher than in 93% 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 Sallèles-Cabardès’ residents are under 61.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 47% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sallèles-Cabardès ranks above 93% of compared French towns on second homes: 20%
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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Sallèles-Cabardès comes in at 8.2%. Households without a car: 5.6% of the total. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Sallèles-Cabardès changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 77% 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 first five years brought +6%; the six to 2023, −8%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%.
Sallèles-Cabardès sits above 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (47%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sallèles-Cabardès 61.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 3.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
36% of households are one person living alone, a share 55% 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
Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 9.1%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.9 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
Standard of living at the median: €21,540 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 €21,540 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
64% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 65% 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.
Census figures put foreign nationals at 3.8% in Sallèles-Cabardès. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 59%
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
A fifth of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 77% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Sallèles-Cabardès has 28%. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd oldest of 41 French towns of 110 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Sallèles-Cabardès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sallèles-Cabardès | 61.6 | 47% | 20% | 4.9% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 3.8 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 5.6 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 7.2 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 7.9 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 8.2 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 10.4 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 Sallèles-Cabardès
What is the population of Sallèles-Cabardès?
110 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (112).
How old are Sallèles-Cabardès’ residents?
The median age is 61.6, older than 99% of compared French towns. 9.7% are under 18 and 47% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sallèles-Cabardès?
16, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sallèles-Cabardès?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sallèles-Cabardès?
€21,540 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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