Empty homes: 14%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
With a median age of 50.2, Trèbes is older than 84% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 5,361 people lived in the town, in 2,490 households. In Trèbes, 4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional. By its share of single-parent households (13%), Trèbes is above 83% 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 Trèbes
Empty homes
The census found 420 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Trèbes has changed by +2%, slower than 63% 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 those years, the median Aude town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 30%, a higher share than 84% 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
■ Trèbes 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 71% of compared French towns: 9.6%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
20% of households are couples with children, below 73% 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
38% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
Trèbes ranks above 75% of compared French towns on households without a car: 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
14% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. On the census count, 23% of homes are flats. Trèbes has more second homes than 66% of compared French towns, at 3.4%.
At the median, €22,100 a year to live on
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 €22,100 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 88% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 23.0%.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 43% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Trèbes. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 76% of compared French towns, at 12%
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.
Foreign nationals: 7.3% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 77% 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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in Trèbes. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns: 19%
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
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
6th highest median age among 41 French towns of 5,305 to 5,415
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 Cruseilles (36.3), the youngest, and Bretignolles-sur-Mer (62.9), the oldest.
Trèbes is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trèbes | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 3.8 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 4.8 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 4.8 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 5.2 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 6.8 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 15.7 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 Trèbes
What is the population of Trèbes?
5,361 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (5,280).
How old are Trèbes’ residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Trèbes?
100, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Trèbes?
INSEE counts 620 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 390 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Trèbes?
€22,100 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 23.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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