Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Tourouzelle is over 52.7
Households in social housing: 0.8% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. More households headed by a manual worker than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 20%. There were 240 households in Tourouzelle at the 2023 Census, home to 494 residents. Flats: 8.2% of the total.
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 Tourouzelle
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 65 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tourouzelle, 18% of its 370 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Tourouzelle’s residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 61 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in 92% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 7.1% of households have no car.
A +5% change since 2012: Tourouzelle grew faster than 50% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then +5% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tourouzelle 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 31%, Tourouzelle is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 69% of compared French towns: 21%
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
8.1% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
€21,480 a year: the median 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 residents live in households above €21,480 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 6.1%, a lower share than 76% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Tourouzelle, 36%. Set beside that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Tourouzelle sits above 85% of compared French towns for immigrants (15%)
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Tourouzelle. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
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 20% in Tourouzelle, less than in 89% 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 stands at 44%. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Tourouzelle, 17%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 494 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Tourouzelle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourouzelle | 52.7 | 31% | 18% | 15% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 4.2 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 11.3 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 12.7 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 13.9 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 14.2 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 15 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
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 Tourouzelle
What is the population of Tourouzelle?
494 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (471).
How old are Tourouzelle’s residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tourouzelle?
65, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tourouzelle?
INSEE counts 73 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 64 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tourouzelle?
€21,480 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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