Villardebelle is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.5
Flats: 1.2% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Villardebelle’s 37 households held 66 residents at the 2023 Census. Couples with children account for 14%.
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 Villardebelle
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 41 second homes and occasional dwellings in Villardebelle, 52% of its 79 homes: higher than in 98% 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 Villardebelle’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 98% of compared French towns: 52%
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
One household in 20 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 1.4%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Villardebelle, the census puts households without a car at 5.1%.
Villardebelle’s population changed by +12% since 2012, more than in 75% 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, −10% to 2017 and +25% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Aude.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 1.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villardebelle 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 34%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 43% of households are one person living alone
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
Each household has 1.8 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 43% of households are headed by a retired person
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
For Villardebelle, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 14%. Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 84% of compared French towns: 14% of residents 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.
In Villardebelle, just over one in ten residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
Villardebelle ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 70%
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
Single residents make up 14%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Villardebelle
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
Roughly three in ten: 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 66 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Villardebelle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villardebelle | 58.5 | 34% | 52% | 14% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 9.2 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 10.6 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 13.5 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 13.6 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Quillan 2,978 · 14.5 mi | 59.1 | 38% | 19% | 14% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 16.1 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
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 Villardebelle
What is the population of Villardebelle?
66 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (59).
How old are Villardebelle’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villardebelle?
41, with occasional dwellings: 52% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villardebelle?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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