7.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below 93% of compared French towns
The figure for one-person households is 26% in Ventenac-Cabardès and 35% in the typical compared French town. Flats come to 10% here, about one in ten. Households without a car are rarer here than in 89% of compared French towns. This Aude town counted 962 residents and 420 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
A +13% change since 2012: faster than 76% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%. The first five years brought +12%; the six to 2023, ±0%.
Older than 59% of compared French towns: half of Ventenac-Cabardès is over 45.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ventenac-Cabardès 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 64% of compared French towns: 11%
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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Ventenac-Cabardès has more couples with children than 55% of compared French towns, at 26%. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Ventenac-Cabardès sits above 81% of compared French towns for empty homes (10%)
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 20% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.8% (under two years). 3.2% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 63% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Ventenac-Cabardès sits close to the norm on households in social housing: 12%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median of €24,990 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €24,990 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Here, 29% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ventenac-Cabardès sits below 62% of compared French towns for immigrants (5.1%)
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.
Fewer foreign nationals than in 58% of compared French towns: 3.5%. By way of comparison, 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.
A larger share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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
With single residents at 21%, Ventenac-Cabardès is behind 87% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 75% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Ventenac-Cabardès. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 962 to 2,582
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.
Every neighbor is older than Ventenac-Cabardès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventenac-Cabardès | 45.4 | 21% | 3.2% | 5.1% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 2.3 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 3.9 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 5 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 5.6 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 8.4 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 8.9 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
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 Ventenac-Cabardès
What is the population of Ventenac-Cabardès?
962 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (854).
How old are Ventenac-Cabardès’ residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ventenac-Cabardès?
15, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ventenac-Cabardès?
INSEE counts 50 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ventenac-Cabardès?
€24,990 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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