A median age of 58.9: Talairan is older than 98% of compared French towns
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 54% of households are headed by a retired person in Talairan. Lower than in 90% of compared French towns: 8.2% of homes are flats. In 2023, the Census found 440 residents here, living in 180 households. Couples with children come to 19% in the town, about two in ten.
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 Talairan
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 77 second homes and occasional dwellings in Talairan, 23% of its 330 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 87% 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 Talairan’s residents are under 58.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 73 homes empty (22%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 22% of homes stand empty
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: 23%, above 94% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Locally, 4.4% of households rent social housing (HLM). Fewer households without a car than in 62% of compared French towns: 8.7%.
Talairan grew +15% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 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
In two steps, +22% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Aude.
Talairan: 40% of residents are 65 or over, above 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
■ Talairan 58.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Talairan, 7.4%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 66% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Just over one in ten households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €21,010 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 Talairan is €21,010 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 2.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 5.5% in Talairan and 14% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 67% of compared French towns: 9.2%
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 two thirds of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 6.7%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Talairan
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
Locally, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 24% in Talairan, more than in 74% 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
Graduates of higher education: 25% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 440 to 2,582
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Talairan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talairan | 58.9 | 40% | 23% | 9.2% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 11.3 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 15.6 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Sigean 5,657 · 15.9 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 17% | 5.1% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 16.2 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 Talairan
What is the population of Talairan?
440 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (384).
How old are Talairan’s residents?
The median age is 58.9, older than 98% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Talairan?
77, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Talairan?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (6.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Talairan?
€21,010 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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