Taurize is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53
The share of households headed by a retired person is 60%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Taurize’s 47 households held 108 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Taurize, 2.8% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Taurize
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Taurize, 20% of its 70 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Taurize (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 22% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 19% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Growing fast
Taurize had 84 residents at the 2012 census and 108 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Taurize’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
20% of homes in Taurize are second homes
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 16 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. On empty homes, Taurize sits higher than 89% of compared French towns: 12%. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, 6.2% of households have no car.
A +29% change since 2012: Taurize grew faster than 96% 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, +35% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Aude.
More residents aged 65 and over than 83% of compared French towns: 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Taurize 53. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
In Taurize, 30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 77% 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
The average household has 2.3 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of households are couples with children here.
10% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 77% 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
On households headed by a manager or professional, Taurize sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 10%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Taurize sits above 94% of compared French towns for immigrants (22%)
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 94% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals come to 19% in Taurize, about two in ten.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 28% in Taurize, more than in 71% of compared French towns
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
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 13% of adults out of school have no 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 37%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 108 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).
Taurize is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taurize | 53 | 29% | 20% | 22% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 8.8 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 9.7 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 12.2 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 14.1 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 14.4 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 14.5 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
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 Taurize
What is the population of Taurize?
108 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (84).
How old are Taurize’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taurize?
14, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taurize?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 22% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (19%). 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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