Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Salvezines is over 59.5
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 70 people lived in Salvezines, in 39 households. Locally, a quarter of households are single parents. Here 4.5% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
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 Salvezines
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 89 second homes and occasional dwellings in Salvezines, 67% of its 130 homes: higher than in 99% 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 Salvezines’ residents are under 59.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Salvezines’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 67% in Salvezines, more than in 99% 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
29% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 16% moved in within the last two years. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 7.9%, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in 13, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Salvezines changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 81% 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 +7% and the next six −9%.
5.8% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Salvezines 59.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 36%, above 95% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
58% women, 42% men
About 73 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 50% of households are one person living alone
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
Each household has 1.8 people on average. Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Salvezines, 38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 76% 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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 13% in Salvezines and 14% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
13% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 12%, above 77% of compared French towns. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 higher share of single residents than 63% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
Married residents come to 42% in Salvezines, about four in ten. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 14% 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
Here 25% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (70 to 2,582 people), the 4th oldest
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 old as Salvezines
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvezines | 59.5 | 36% | 67% | 12% |
| Quillan 2,978 · 9.3 mi | 59.1 | 38% | 19% | 14% |
| Prades 6,148 · 12.8 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 11% | 11% |
| Ille-sur-Têt 5,556 · 17.7 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 5.1% | 14% |
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 Salvezines
What is the population of Salvezines?
70 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (72).
How old are Salvezines’ residents?
The median age is 59.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salvezines?
89, with occasional dwellings: 67% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salvezines?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (13%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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