Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.8%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Here 55% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. The share of households without a car stands at 3.8%. Villarzel-du-Razès has more one-person households than 85% of compared French towns, at 45%. Census day 2023: 100 residents and 51 households in the town.
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 Villarzel-du-Razès
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Villarzel-du-Razès, 19% of its 75 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Villarzel-du-Razès (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 13% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (14%): 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 lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.5%
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
Some 7.5% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 17% who have been there 30 years or more. Census figures put second homes at 19% in Villarzel-du-Razès. Empty homes are more common here than in 93% of compared French towns.
Villarzel-du-Razès changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 81% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aude town +4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 94% of compared French towns, at 36%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villarzel-du-Razès 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Villarzel-du-Razès is 50.5, higher than in 85% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 18% of households are couples with children
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. A household here holds 2 people on average.
9.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 52% 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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 88% of compared French towns: 16%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Villarzel-du-Razès comes in at 15%. On average, 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.
In Villarzel-du-Razès, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 77% 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
In Villarzel-du-Razès, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 91% of compared French towns: 48%
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
In Villarzel-du-Razès, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 13th oldest of 41 French towns of 100 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.
No nearby town is as old as Villarzel-du-Razès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villarzel-du-Razès | 50.5 | 36% | 19% | 16% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 5.7 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Bram 3,233 · 8.5 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 9 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 9.3 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 9.5 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 11.1 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 Villarzel-du-Razès
What is the population of Villarzel-du-Razès?
100 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (103).
How old are Villarzel-du-Razès’ residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villarzel-du-Razès?
14, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villarzel-du-Razès?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (15%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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