4.3% of households are single parents, below 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car make up 5.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Soupex was home to 243 people in 120 households. For Soupex, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 22%. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 91% of compared French towns: 8.2%.
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 Soupex
Fewer residents than in 2012
Soupex had 259 residents at the 2012 census and 243 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 91% of compared French towns: Soupex changed by −6% since 2012
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −5%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%.
A median age of 48.2: Soupex is older than 75% 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
■ Soupex 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Soupex has more residents aged 65 and over than 56% of compared French towns, at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 30%, a lower share than 75% 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 here average 2.1 people each. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 26%, more than in 54% of compared French towns.
Soupex ranks below 94% of compared French towns on flats: 6.2%
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
Second homes make up 3.9%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €25,060 a year in standard of living
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.
Half of Soupex’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,060 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Soupex sits below 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (22%)
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
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.1% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 52% 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 53% of compared French towns. Immigrants account for 7%. For comparison, 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 smaller share of single residents than 76% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Here, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 69% of compared French towns, at 36%
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 Soupex, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Soupex
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soupex | 48.2 | 23% | 3.9% | 7% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 5.3 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Revel 9,762 · 7.9 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 3% | 6.1% |
| Villefranche-de-Lauragais 5,072 · 8.9 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 1.8% | 5% |
| Sorèze 2,965 · 9.3 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| Caraman 2,513 · 12.6 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 2.6% | 3.8% |
| Nailloux 4,211 · 13.6 mi | 37.7 | 14% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
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 Soupex
What is the population of Soupex?
243 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (259).
How old are Soupex’s residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soupex?
5, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soupex?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Soupex?
€25,060 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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