Villegailhenc ranks below 98% of compared French towns on flats: 3.4%
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 8.9% in Villegailhenc. At the 2023 Census, 1,718 people lived here, in 760 households. Households without a car: 6.3% of the total. Lower than in 76% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone.
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 Villegailhenc
Empty homes
The census found 110 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Villegailhenc changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 53% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aude town +4%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 83% of compared French towns: 8.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villegailhenc 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%. Half of Villegailhenc’s residents are over 44.3, older than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 78% of compared French towns: 8.2%
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. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. Few places have as many couples with children: 26% here, more than in 54% of compared French towns.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 12% of homes stand empty
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 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing: 5.5% of the total. Few places have as many second homes: 3.4% here, more than in 66% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,590 a year
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.
The median standard of living in Villegailhenc is €24,590 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 38%, a higher share than 78% 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
About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Villegailhenc (8.7%). Typically, 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).
7.2% of residents in Villegailhenc 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.
The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 55% of compared French towns. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Villegailhenc (7.2%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 3.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 71% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Married residents: just over two fifths of the total. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Villegailhenc, less than in 76% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Villegailhenc. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,718 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Villegailhenc
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villegailhenc | 44.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 7.2% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 1.1 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 2.2 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 2.3 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 3.8 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 6.1 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 6.8 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 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 Villegailhenc
What is the population of Villegailhenc?
1,718 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,649).
How old are Villegailhenc’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villegailhenc?
31, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villegailhenc?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.2% of residents, and 60 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villegailhenc?
€24,590 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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