Older than 92% of compared French towns: half of Eus is over 53.9
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Eus’s population at 386, in 200 households. About one in 18: that is how common flats are in Eus (5.5%). In Eus, 5.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
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 Eus
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 99 second homes and occasional dwellings in Eus, 30% of its 330 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Eus’ residents are under 53.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Eus had 403 residents at the 2012 census and 386 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 30%, a higher share than 95% 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
With empty homes at 8.9%, Eus is ahead of 72% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Households without a car: just over a tenth of the total.
From 2012 to 2023, 86% of compared French towns grew faster than Eus: −4%
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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Pyrénées-Orientales town +10%.
5.4% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Eus 53.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 33% in Eus and 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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.
A smaller share of couples with children than 88% of compared French towns: 16%
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 1.9 people. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Eus has more one-person households than 78% of compared French towns, at 42%. 8% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%).
Median living standard: €22,890 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.
Living standards centre on €22,890 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
In Eus, 43% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 90% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Eus comes in at 10%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
10% of residents are immigrants, more 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 7.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Eus. 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.
Eus sits below 89% of compared French towns for single residents (20%)
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 40% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
In Eus, 38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 74% 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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Eus has 16%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 386 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).
Eus sits below 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eus | 53.9 | 33% | 30% | 10% |
| Prades 6,148 · 2.4 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 11% | 11% |
| Ille-sur-Têt 5,556 · 8.5 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 5.1% | 14% |
| Millas 4,417 · 12.5 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Féliu-d'Avall 2,950 · 14.8 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Thuir 8,243 · 15.1 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.1% | 9% |
| Arles-sur-Tech 2,815 · 15.4 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 9.6% | 9.6% |
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 Eus
What is the population of Eus?
386 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (403).
How old are Eus’ residents?
The median age is 53.9, older than 92% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Eus?
99, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Eus?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (7.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Eus?
€22,890 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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