4.6% of homes are flats, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Verzeille counted 456 residents and 210 households at the 2023 Census. Second homes: 6.9% of the total. Here 7.3% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 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 Verzeille
Empty homes
The census found 34 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.
A change of +1% since 2012 leaves Verzeille behind 66% 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
In two steps, +9% to 2017 and −8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Aude.
8.2% of residents are 15 to 24, below 91% 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
■ Verzeille 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Verzeille’s residents are over 45.7, older than in 61% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are one person living alone, below 77% 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
Average household size: 2.2 people. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 21% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 68% of compared French towns.
Verzeille ranks above 91% of compared French towns on empty homes: 13%
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
In Verzeille, 5.8% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A median of €23,920 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,920 a year: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Verzeille sits below 97% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (4.8%)
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
In Verzeille, 7.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 32% in the town. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.9% of residents in Verzeille are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. About one in 29: that is how common foreign nationals are in Verzeille (3.5%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 48%, a higher share than 83% 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
24% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Verzeille, less 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 32% in Verzeille and 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 young as Verzeille
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verzeille | 45.7 | 24% | 6.9% | 5.9% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 4.7 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 6.3 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 7.1 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 8.4 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 8.5 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 9 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
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 Verzeille
What is the population of Verzeille?
456 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (452).
How old are Verzeille’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verzeille?
18, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verzeille?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Verzeille?
€23,920 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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