Termes is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 63.5
Flats: 7.3%, below 92% of compared French towns. On the census count, 2.3% of homes stand empty. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 97% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Termes was home to 48 people in 34 households.
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 Termes
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 45 second homes and occasional dwellings in Termes, 56% of its 80 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Termes’ residents are under 63.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 49% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
67% of Termes’ households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 61% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Termes (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 98% of compared French towns: 56%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Some 18% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 12% who have been there 30 years or more.
Termes’s population changed by +9% since 2012, more than in 67% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aude town +4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −14%; from 2017 to 2023, +26%.
49% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Termes 63.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
60% women, 40% men
About 68 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.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 67% of households are one person living alone
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
There are 1.4 people in the average household. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 67% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
17% of residents are immigrants, more than in 89% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Termes has 15%. The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 89% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 27%
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
By its share of single residents (20%), Termes is below 91% of compared French towns. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 4.4% in Termes, less than in 99% 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 96% of compared French towns: 56%. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 48 to 2,582 people
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 63.5 in Termes.
Termes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Termes | 63.5 | 49% | 56% | 17% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 14.7 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 15.6 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 16.9 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 17.8 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 Termes
What is the population of Termes?
48 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (44).
How old are Termes’ residents?
The median age is 63.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 4.3% are under 18 and 49% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Termes?
45, with occasional dwellings: 56% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Termes?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (15%). 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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