A median age of 59.1: Tuchan is older than 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Tuchan has 15%. At 7.4%, the share of flats is lower than in 92% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 791 residents in 420 households. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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 Tuchan
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 240 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tuchan, 35% of its 700 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Tuchan’s residents are under 59.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Tuchan: 35% of homes are second homes, above 96% 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
Households in social housing: 7.6% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 15% of households have no car. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 5.6%, fewer than in 66% of compared French towns.
Tuchan’s population moved −1% on 2012, less than in 72% 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
Residents aged 65 and over make up 40% in Tuchan, more than in 98% 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
■ Tuchan 59.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Tuchan, 5.4%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Tuchan sits above 85% of compared French towns for one-person households (46%)
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, 1.8 people share a household. Few places have so few single-parent households: 8.5% here, fewer than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €21,180 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €21,180 a year: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 69% 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
Across Tuchan, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. 6.1% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 36% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Tuchan, 8.7% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 77% 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.
The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 69% of compared French towns. In Tuchan, one in ten residents are immigrants. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
In Tuchan, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 76% 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
44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 72% 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 adults with no qualification stands at 20%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (791 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Tuchan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuchan | 59.1 | 40% | 35% | 9.7% |
| Espira-de-l'Agly 3,524 · 9.7 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 2.7% | 5.2% |
| Baixas 2,777 · 10.6 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 4.4% | 5.1% |
| Salses-le-Château 3,965 · 10.7 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 7% | 5.8% |
| Rivesaltes 9,270 · 11.4 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.3% |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière 4,129 · 13.6 mi | 41.6 | 20% | 2.6% | 6% |
| Millas 4,417 · 13.7 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
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 Tuchan
What is the population of Tuchan?
791 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (796).
How old are Tuchan’s residents?
The median age is 59.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tuchan?
240, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tuchan?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.7% of residents, and 69 foreign nationals (8.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tuchan?
€21,180 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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