23% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% of compared French towns
Here 4.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Locally, 3.4% of homes stand empty. Half of Sougraigne’s residents are over 49.5, older than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. There were 67 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 125 residents.
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 Sougraigne
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sougraigne, 23% of its 91 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Sougraigne had 82 residents at the 2012 census and 125 in 2023, up 52%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Sougraigne (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. 13% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 11% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 89% of compared French towns, at 8.7%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 25% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 5.9%. One household in 10 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
A growing town: +52% since 2012, faster than 99% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Aude town, the change came in two steps: +37% from 2012 to 2017, then +12% to 2023.
7.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below 93% 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
■ Sougraigne 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 24%, Sougraigne is ahead of 64% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Sougraigne ranks below 83% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 7.7%
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 1.9 people. The share of one-person households stands at 38%. Sougraigne has fewer couples with children than just over three fifths of compared French towns, at 23%. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €13,750 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 median standard of living in Sougraigne is €13,750 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
Sougraigne: 23% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 92% 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 38% of households are headed by a retired person here. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 15% in Sougraigne, more than in 85% 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 85% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. In Sougraigne, 13% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 25% 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
38% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 48% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Sougraigne has 12%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 125 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Sougraigne
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 Sougraigne
What is the population of Sougraigne?
125 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 52% more than in 2012 (82).
How old are Sougraigne’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sougraigne?
21, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sougraigne?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sougraigne?
€13,750 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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