Half of Vignevieille is over 55.8, older than 95% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Vignevieille comes in at 60%. 3.1% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 98% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 107 people lived here, in 53 households. The census found that 30% of households are one person living alone here.
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 Vignevieille
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 41 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vignevieille, 43% of its 96 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Vignevieille’s residents are under 55.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
43% of homes are second homes, more than in 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
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.5% of households have no car in Vignevieille. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 5.7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 17% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns.
+7% since 2012, a pace 59% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vignevieille 55.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 74% 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
Households average 2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€20,760 a year: the median standard of living
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 €20,760 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
10% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 77% 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
On households headed by a manager or professional, Vignevieille sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 10%. For comparison, 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).
Immigrants make up 5.6% of Vignevieille’s residents
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 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Vignevieille (5.6%). Foreign nationals: 3.7%, near enough the figure 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The figure for married residents is 52% in Vignevieille and 43% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 7.9% in Vignevieille, less than in 99% 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
Across Vignevieille, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 107 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Vignevieille
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vignevieille | 55.8 | 38% | 43% | 5.6% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 13.4 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 14.7 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 15.9 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 16.8 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 17.8 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
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 Vignevieille
What is the population of Vignevieille?
107 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (100).
How old are Vignevieille’s residents?
The median age is 55.8, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vignevieille?
41, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vignevieille?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vignevieille?
€20,760 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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