2.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Villesiscle, 22%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 362, in 160 households. For Villesiscle, the census puts one-person households at 27%. Few places have so few households without a car: 6% here, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns.
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 Villesiscle
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Villesiscle, 11% of its 190 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 11% of homes are second homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Empty homes account for 8.3%.
Slower growth than 78% of compared French towns: Villesiscle changed by −2% since 2012
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
The first five years brought +4%; the six to 2023, −5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.9%, a lower share than 84% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villesiscle 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Villesiscle, 24%. Still, with a median age of 43.3, Villesiscle is younger than 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Villesiscle ranks above 64% of compared French towns on couples with children: 28%
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 here average 2.3 people each. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. On single-parent households, Villesiscle sits lower than 57% of compared French towns: 9.6%.
A median standard of living of €24,950 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.
Half of Villesiscle’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,950 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Only 26% of households are headed by a retired person in Villesiscle
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 2.4% in Villesiscle, less than in 73% of compared French towns
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 4.9%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Villesiscle
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Villesiscle
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 Villesiscle. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 362 to 2,582 people, the 12th youngest
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.
No nearby town is as young as Villesiscle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villesiscle | 43.3 | 24% | 11% | 4.9% |
| Bram 3,233 · 1.4 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 9.4 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 11.5 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 13.1 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 13.4 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 13.6 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 Villesiscle
What is the population of Villesiscle?
362 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (369).
How old are Villesiscle’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villesiscle?
22, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villesiscle?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villesiscle?
€24,950 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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