Photo: LySioS-wkp · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer households in social housing than 94% of compared French towns: 3.1%
Here just over one in ten homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Census day 2023: 2,777 residents and 1,330 households in Baixas. The share of flats stands at 12%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 76% of compared French towns.
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.
Baixas’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 61% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and +8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +10% in Pyrénées-Orientales.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 69% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Baixas 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Baixas’s residents are under 43.1, younger than in 57% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The census found that 9.5% of residents are 15 to 24 locally.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Above 85% of compared French towns: 13% of households are single parents
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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Few places have so few couples with children: 22% here, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 37% here and 35% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of second homes than 74% of compared French towns: 4.4%
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 without a car: a tenth of the total. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
Half above, half below €24,230 a year in standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,230 a year: lower than in 69% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 16.0% of residents.
More households headed by a manual worker than 59% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 32% in Baixas. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Baixas, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 72% 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.
In Baixas, 5.1% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
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 married residents than 74% of compared French towns: 39%
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
Single residents make up about one in four here (26%). For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 54% of compared French towns: 20%
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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 29%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,753 to 2,804 people, the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.7 in Trieux to 60.8 in Collioure.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Baixas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baixas | 43.1 | 19% | 4.4% | 5.1% |
| Espira-de-l'Agly 3,524 · 2.1 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 2.7% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Estève 11,630 · 3.2 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 1% | 7.2% |
| Baho 3,231 · 3.5 mi | 48.5 | 22% | 1.3% | 6.6% |
| Rivesaltes 9,270 · 3.6 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.3% |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière 4,129 · 4.3 mi | 41.6 | 20% | 2.6% | 6% |
| Le Soler 7,942 · 4.9 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 8.7% |
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 Baixas
What is the population of Baixas?
2,777 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (2,587).
How old are Baixas’ residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Baixas?
69, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Baixas?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 68 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Baixas?
€24,230 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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