A larger share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 41%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 207 people lived in Fillols, in 120 households. 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24. Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Fillols comes in at 2.9%.
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 Fillols
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 86 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fillols, 41% of its 210 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Fillols’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Fillols’ residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Fillols had 169 residents at the 2012 census and 207 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
6.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 93% 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
Census figures put households without a car at 10% in Fillols. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
+22% since 2012, a pace 93% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +9% to 2017, then +12% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +10% in Pyrénées-Orientales.
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Fillols is over 52.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fillols 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 28%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 50%, a higher share than 94% 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
Single-parent households: 12%, above 83% of compared French towns. For Fillols, the census puts couples with children at 16%. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€18,940 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Fillols’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €18,940 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 92% of compared French towns, at 4.1%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Fillols has 21%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%. 33% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fillols sits above 75% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (8.2%)
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.
The median compared commune in Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 66% of compared French towns. 9.1% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 11. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Married residents make up 34% in Fillols, less than in 92% of compared French towns
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
In Fillols, 28% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 7.7% in Fillols, less 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Fillols, 47%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Fillols, 4 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fillols | 52.7 | 28% | 41% | 9.1% |
| Prades 6,148 · 3.9 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 11% | 11% |
| Ille-sur-Têt 5,556 · 13.1 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 5.1% | 14% |
| Arles-sur-Tech 2,815 · 13.4 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 9.6% | 9.6% |
| Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda 3,529 · 14.6 mi | 60.7 | 43% | 54% | 9.1% |
| Millas 4,417 · 17 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| Céret 7,521 · 18 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 Fillols
What is the population of Fillols?
207 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (169).
How old are Fillols’ residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fillols?
86, with occasional dwellings: 41% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fillols?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.1% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (8.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fillols?
€18,940 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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