Camélas is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Camélas’s 230 households held 461 residents at the 2023 Census. Flats: 1.1% of the total. Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 4.5% of households are single parents 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 Camélas
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Camélas, 17% of its 300 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Camélas’ residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Camélas, 17% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% 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
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Camélas has 7.1%. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. 6.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 29% have stayed 30 years or more.
Camélas’s population changed by +11% since 2012, more than in 71% 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 those years, the median Pyrénées-Orientales town changed +10% and the median compared French town +5%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Camélas 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Camélas. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Camélas ranks above 72% of compared French towns on one-person households: 41%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 23% of households are couples with children here. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2 people share a household.
Half above, half below €27,910 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 €27,910 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Above 76% of compared French towns: 38% 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 manager or professional: 13%, above 71% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.2% of Camélas’ residents
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 a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%. About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Camélas (6.2%). There is little gap on foreign nationals: 4.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Camélas ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 17%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 51% in Camélas. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 71% of compared French towns, at 36%
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 census found that 18% of adults out of school have no qualification in Camélas. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 461 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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).
Camélas is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camélas | 53.5 | 30% | 17% | 6.2% |
| Thuir 8,243 · 3.2 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.1% | 9% |
| Millas 4,417 · 3.5 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Féliu-d'Avall 2,950 · 3.7 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Ille-sur-Têt 5,556 · 4.2 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 5.1% | 14% |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière 4,129 · 5.4 mi | 41.6 | 20% | 2.6% | 6% |
| Le Soler 7,942 · 5.9 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 Camélas
What is the population of Camélas?
461 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (417).
How old are Camélas’ residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Camélas?
52, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Camélas?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Camélas?
€27,910 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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