Villedaigne sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.3%)
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7.8%), Villedaigne is below 94% of compared French towns. The town has more second homes than 86% of compared French towns, at 8.6%. There were 260 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 599 residents. 1.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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 Villedaigne
Growing fast
Villedaigne had 480 residents at the 2012 census and 599 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Villedaigne outgrew 94% of compared French towns: +25%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Aude town, the change came in two steps: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then +17% to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 63% of compared French towns: 24%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villedaigne 45. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45, Villedaigne is older than 57% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 18%
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
The average household has 2.3 people. On one-person households, Villedaigne sits lower than 69% of compared French towns: 31%. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. With couples with children at 26%, Villedaigne is ahead of 54% of compared French towns on that count.
A smaller share of households without a car than 79% of compared French towns: 6.2%
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
Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town. Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, or about one in 12. Households in social housing are more common here than in 50% of compared French towns.
A median of €20,540 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.
At €20,540 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
Villedaigne sits below 82% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (9.1%)
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 Villedaigne, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 33%. By way of 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 7.1% of Villedaigne’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.
The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Across Villedaigne, 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 21% 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
Across Villedaigne, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 91% 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
With adults with no qualification at 24%, Villedaigne is ahead of 72% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Villedaigne sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villedaigne | 45 | 24% | 8.6% | 7.1% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 5.1 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 5.5 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 7.5 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 7.6 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 7.7 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
| Coursan 5,737 · 10.1 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.7% | 5.8% |
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 Villedaigne
What is the population of Villedaigne?
599 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (480).
How old are Villedaigne’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villedaigne?
27, with occasional dwellings: 8.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villedaigne?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villedaigne?
€20,540 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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