Baillestavy sits above 97% of compared French towns for second homes (47%)
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, 17% of residents are 15 to 24. There were 50 households in Baillestavy at the 2023 Census, home to 112 residents. 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 6.6% here.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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 Baillestavy
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Baillestavy, 47% of its 93 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 7.1% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car: 8.3%, a lower share than 64% of compared French towns
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
Car-free households: one in 12, where the median compared French town has 11%. Turnover: just over a fifth of households moved in less than two years ago, and 17% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Baillestavy outgrew 65% of compared French towns: +9%
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 +10% for the median Pyrénées-Orientales town, the change came in two steps: +12% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Baillestavy sits below 79% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (18%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Baillestavy 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Baillestavy is 45.3, higher than in 58% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 30% in Baillestavy, more than in 75% of compared French towns
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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many one-person households: 40% here, more than in 69% of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 40% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 82% of compared French towns, at 10%
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.
Here nearly one in ten residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Baillestavy ranks below 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 22%
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
The share of single residents is 46%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Baillestavy, 7.1% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
47% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 112 to 2,582 people, the 21st oldest
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).
Baillestavy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baillestavy | 45.3 | 18% | 47% | 8.3% |
| Prades 6,148 · 6.2 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 11% | 11% |
| Ille-sur-Têt 5,556 · 8.8 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 5.1% | 14% |
| Arles-sur-Tech 2,815 · 9.2 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 9.6% | 9.6% |
| Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda 3,529 · 9.7 mi | 60.7 | 43% | 54% | 9.1% |
| Millas 4,417 · 12.3 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| Céret 7,521 · 12.6 mi | 57 | 37% | 13% | 8.9% |
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 Baillestavy
What is the population of Baillestavy?
112 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (103).
How old are Baillestavy’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 58% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Baillestavy?
44, with occasional dwellings: 47% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Baillestavy?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (10%). 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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