Autry-Issards is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.9
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Autry-Issards, 46%. 15% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 89% of compared French towns. The town counted 313 residents and 160 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 11: 8.9% of homes are second homes.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Autry-Issards
Fewer residents than in 2012
Autry-Issards had 353 residents at the 2012 census and 313 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Autry-Issards’ residents are under 52.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−11% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Allier town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −8%; from 2017 to 2023, −4%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Autry-Issards 52.9. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 95% of compared French towns: 6.2%
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. More one-person households than in 56% of compared French towns: 37%. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.6%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 30%. Autry-Issards has fewer households without a car than 95% of compared French towns, at 3.9%. Empty homes make up 11%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €25,140 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 €25,140 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 96% of compared French towns, at 3.3%
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 Autry-Issards comes in at 6.3%. For comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 6.9%, a higher share than 69% 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.
That is higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Locally, 7.3% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 66% 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
Lower than in 52% of compared French towns: 25% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns: 9.5%
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 35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 313 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Autry-Issards
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Autry-Issards
What is the population of Autry-Issards?
313 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (353).
How old are Autry-Issards’ residents?
The median age is 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Autry-Issards?
17, with occasional dwellings: 8.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Autry-Issards?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Autry-Issards?
€25,140 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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