Couples with children make up 11% in Mosset, less than in 98% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 6.9%. Fewer households in social housing than in 91% of compared French towns: 3.9%. Mosset had 321 residents in 170 households at the 2023 census. The figure for flats is 6.3% in Mosset and 30% 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 Mosset
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 200 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mosset, 50% of its 400 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 50%
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
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Mosset, 14%. 13% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.5% moved in within the last two years. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +11% change since 2012: faster than 72% 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, +6% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +10% in Pyrénées-Orientales.
Half of Mosset is over 49.6, older than 82% 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
■ Mosset 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 74% of compared French towns: 26%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
In Mosset, 25% of households are single parents, more than in 99% 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
One-person households make up 44%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 1.9 people in the average household.
Median standard of living: €17,480 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.
The median standard of living in Mosset is €17,480 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
2.8% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 99% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Mosset. Here, a third of households are headed by a retired person. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Mosset, 8% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 74% 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.
With immigrants at 9.2%, Mosset is ahead of 67% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 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.
A lower share of married residents than 78% of compared French towns, at 38%
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 the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Mosset, 27%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 7.1% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 Mosset, 42%. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 321 to 2,582
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).
A younger town than 2 of the 4 around it: Mosset
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosset | 49.6 | 26% | 50% | 9.2% |
| Prades 6,148 · 5.3 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 11% | 11% |
| Ille-sur-Têt 5,556 · 13.9 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 5.1% | 14% |
| Quillan 2,978 · 16.8 mi | 59.1 | 38% | 19% | 14% |
| Millas 4,417 · 17.7 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
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 Mosset
What is the population of Mosset?
321 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (290).
How old are Mosset’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mosset?
200, with occasional dwellings: 50% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mosset?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mosset?
€17,480 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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