2.8% of homes stand empty, below 96% of compared French towns
With single-parent households at 13%, Cabestany is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count. 28% of residents are 65 or over. On households headed by a manual worker, Cabestany sits lower than 81% of compared French towns: 9.2%. The 2023 Census counted 10,465 residents in 4,740 households.
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.
Cabestany grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 74% 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
Here the change came as +8% to 2017, then +4% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +10% in Pyrénées-Orientales.
A median age of 48.6: Cabestany is older than 77% 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
■ Cabestany 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children make up 23% in Cabestany, less than in 63% 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
The average household has 2.2 people. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, Cabestany sits lower than 62% of compared French towns: 33%.
Households without a car make up 7.9% in Cabestany, less than in 68% 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
Second homes make up 3%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%. Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of homes are flats.
Half above, half below €26,360 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,360 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 15.0% of residents.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 79% of compared French towns: 38%
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
Here 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison 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).
Cabestany ranks above 60% of compared French towns on immigrants: 7.9%
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.
Across Cabestany, 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Cabestany comes in at 23%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 35%, a higher share than 67% 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
Here, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (10,323 to 10,617 people), the 6th 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.
Ages run from 33.5 in Serris to 59.6 in La Londe-les-Maures.
Cabestany and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabestany | 48.6 | 28% | 3% | 7.9% |
| Saleilles 5,698 · 1.8 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 3.3% | 6.9% |
| Perpignan 121,616 · 2.5 mi | 42 | 23% | 4.3% | 18% |
| Saint-Nazaire 2,779 · 2.8 mi | 47 | 25% | 8.4% | 5.1% |
| Bompas 7,832 · 3.2 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 3.2% | 9.1% |
| Villeneuve-de-la-Raho 4,470 · 3.5 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 4.2% | 7.7% |
| Alénya 3,782 · 3.6 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 5.2% | 15% |
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 Cabestany
What is the population of Cabestany?
10,465 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (9,399).
How old are Cabestany’s residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 77% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cabestany?
150, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cabestany?
INSEE counts 830 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 390 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cabestany?
€26,360 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% 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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