52% of homes are second homes, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Single-parent households: 25%, above 99% of compared French towns. 126 residents in 64 households: that is Soulatgé at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 21: 4.7% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 33%, more than in 91% 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 Soulatgé
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 69 second homes and occasional dwellings in Soulatgé, 52% of its 130 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Soulatgé sits below 98% of compared French towns for households in social housing (1.6%)
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
One household in 15 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%. Here, 6.5% of households have no car. Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
+9% since 2012, a pace 65% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Aude. Here the change came as +10% to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.6% in Soulatgé, less than in 98% 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
■ Soulatgé 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 48.3, Soulatgé is older than 76% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 77 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.
17% of households are couples with children, below 86% of compared French towns
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
Households average 1.9 people. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. Few places have as many one-person households: 42% here, more than in 75% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €14,950 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.
Living standards centre on €14,950 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns, at 25%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Soulatgé: 15% of residents are immigrants, above 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 13% of residents are foreign nationals in Soulatgé. As a reference point, 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.
Soulatgé sits below 97% of compared French towns for married residents (30%)
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
27% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 80% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Graduates of higher education account for 31%. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 126 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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).
Among its 4 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Soulatgé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soulatgé | 48.3 | 33% | 52% | 15% |
| Ille-sur-Têt 5,556 · 15.5 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 5.1% | 14% |
| Millas 4,417 · 16 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| Quillan 2,978 · 16.4 mi | 59.1 | 38% | 19% | 14% |
| Baixas 2,777 · 17.8 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 4.4% | 5.1% |
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 Soulatgé
What is the population of Soulatgé?
126 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (116).
How old are Soulatgé’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soulatgé?
69, with occasional dwellings: 52% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soulatgé?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Soulatgé?
€14,950 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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