A median age of 54.4: Val-du-Faby is older than 93% of compared French towns
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Val-du-Faby has 0.3%. Census day 2023: 580 residents and 310 households here. On the census count, 4.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The town has more empty homes than 80% of compared French towns, at 10%.
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 Val-du-Faby
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Val-du-Faby, 24% of its 460 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Val-du-Faby’s residents are under 54.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Val-du-Faby (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 24% in Val-du-Faby, more than in 94% 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
With flats at 4.6%, Val-du-Faby is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 17%.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 84% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Aude town, the change came in two steps: −7% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
In Val-du-Faby, 33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% 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
■ Val-du-Faby 54.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Val-du-Faby has 8.5%. By way of comparison, 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%.
Only 6.5% of households are single parents in Val-du-Faby
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
In Val-du-Faby, 40% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 17%, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.9 people.
At the median, €18,930 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.
The median standard of living in Val-du-Faby is €18,930 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 6.5%, a lower share than 92% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 35%, above 63% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
15% of residents are immigrants, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 14% of residents are foreign nationals in Val-du-Faby. Typically, 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.
29% of residents 15 and over are single, more 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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Val-du-Faby. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Val-du-Faby, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 65% 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
For Val-du-Faby, the census puts adults with no qualification at 18%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 580 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Val-du-Faby sits below 2 of its 3 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Val-du-Faby
What is the population of Val-du-Faby?
580 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (603).
How old are Val-du-Faby’s residents?
The median age is 54.4, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Val-du-Faby?
110, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Val-du-Faby?
INSEE counts 89 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 82 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Val-du-Faby?
€18,930 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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