A median age of 55: Terroles is older than 94% of compared French towns
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Terroles’s population at 14, in 9 households. 8% more people than in 2012.
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 Terroles
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 6 second homes and occasional dwellings in Terroles, 40% of its 15 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
Many people living alone
100% of Terroles’ households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Terroles’ residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 21% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Terroles sits above 96% of compared French towns for second homes (40%)
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 without a car 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.
+8% since 2012, a pace 62% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aude town +4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +31%; from 2017 to 2023, −18%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 43% in Terroles, more than in 99% 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
■ Terroles 55. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 100%
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
On average, 1.6 people share a household. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns, at 100%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of Terroles’ residents
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 73% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Terroles comes in at 23%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Terroles, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 70% 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
Roughly three in ten: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
6th highest median age among 41 French towns of 14 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Terroles sits below 1 of its 5 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terroles | 55 | 43% | 40% | 0% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 8.1 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Quillan 2,978 · 11.2 mi | 59.1 | 38% | 19% | 14% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 13.2 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 15.8 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 16.4 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
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 Terroles
What is the population of Terroles?
14 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (13).
How old are Terroles’ residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 7.1% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Terroles?
6, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Terroles?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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