A median age of 60.2: Avrilly is older than 98% of compared French towns
The share of flats trails 91% of compared French towns: 7.7%. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 44% in Avrilly. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 144 residents in 71 households: that is Avrilly at the 2023 Census.
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 Avrilly
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 35 second homes and occasional dwellings in Avrilly, 31% of its 110 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 81% 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 Avrilly’s residents are under 60.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
31% of homes are second homes, more than in 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
One household in 19 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Households without a car make up about one in 20 here (5.1%). On empty homes, Avrilly sits lower than nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 5%.
From 2012 to 2023, 76% of compared French towns grew faster than Avrilly: −1%
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, −8% to 2017 and +7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Allier.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35% in Avrilly, more than in 94% 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
■ Avrilly 60.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Avrilly. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are couples with children, below 79% 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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 38% here and 35% in the typical compared French town.
€25,190 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 Avrilly’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,190 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 25%, a higher share than 96% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 6.2%, below nearly three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4.4% of residents are immigrants in Avrilly
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 69% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%. In Avrilly, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 96% 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
With single residents at 23%, Avrilly is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Avrilly ranks below 92% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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 share of graduates of higher education is 27%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 144 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Avrilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avrilly | 60.2 | 35% | 31% | 4.4% |
| Paray-le-Monial 9,291 · 10.7 mi | 54.2 | 36% | 3.4% | 7.2% |
| Digoin 7,353 · 10.9 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 1.9% | 15% |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu 2,588 · 14.6 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 1.2% | 5.1% |
| Charlieu 3,766 · 14.9 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 7.2% | 4.1% |
| Charolles 2,772 · 16 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Lapalisse 3,138 · 17.3 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 3% | 4.5% |
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 Avrilly
What is the population of Avrilly?
144 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (146).
How old are Avrilly’s residents?
The median age is 60.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avrilly?
35, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avrilly?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Avrilly?
€25,190 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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