Flats make up 2.1% in Trausse, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Trausse has 3.5%. At 7%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 614 residents and 290 households in the town. 3.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 32.
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 Trausse
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 84 second homes and occasional dwellings in Trausse, 20% of its 430 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 ↓
Growing fast
Trausse had 503 residents at the 2012 census and 614 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Trausse’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 55 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Trausse: 20% of homes are second homes, above 93% of compared French towns
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
Long tenure is the mark of 15% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 10% (under two years). At 13%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 91% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. The share of households without a car trails 68% of compared French towns: 7.7%.
Faster growth than 92% of compared French towns: Trausse changed by +22% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Aude town, the change came in two steps: +17% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Half of Trausse is over 51.8, older than 88% 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
■ Trausse 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Trausse comes in at 32%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Fewer single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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, 2.2 people share a household. Trausse has fewer couples with children than 62% of compared French towns, at 23%. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Trausse has 33%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €21,700 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.
Half of residents live in households above €21,700 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
Trausse sits above 64% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (35%)
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
16% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 8.8%, a higher share than 64% 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%; Trausse has 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Trausse: 55% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Trausse has 19%. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Trausse
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
Compared with other places, adults with no qualification are scarce here: 18%, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 614 to 2,582 people, the 9th oldest
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.
Trausse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trausse | 51.8 | 32% | 20% | 8.8% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 8.6 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 9.1 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 10.8 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 12.5 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 12.8 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 12.9 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
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 Trausse
What is the population of Trausse?
614 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (503).
How old are Trausse’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Trausse?
84, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Trausse?
INSEE counts 54 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.8% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Trausse?
€21,700 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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