Half of Aizac is over 53.5, older than 91% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 169 residents and 84 households in Aizac. 5.9% of households are headed by a manual worker. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Aizac has 8.5%.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Aizac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 50 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aizac, 32% of its 150 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 90% 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 Aizac’s residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 20 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 32% in Aizac, 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
In the last two years, 11% of households moved in; at the other end, 20% have stayed 30 years or more. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 4.8% here, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. 13% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%).
+13% since 2012, a pace 76% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ardèche town +4%.
2.4% 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
■ Aizac 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Aizac, 25% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
24% of households are couples with children, below 59% 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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2 people share a household. At 35%, the share of one-person households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,900 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,900 a year: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 67% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4.1% of residents are immigrants in Aizac
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 Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 2.4% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 42.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 17% in Aizac, less than in 99% 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 couples, 48% are married and 4.3% in a PACS (median compared French town: 43% and 6.1%); 5.7% are widowed. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 60% 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
Compared with other places, graduates of higher education are common here: 31%, more than in 54% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (169 to 2,582 people), 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Aizac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aizac | 53.5 | 25% | 32% | 4.1% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 3.8 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 7.3 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 8.5 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Privas 8,538 · 13 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 3,031 · 13.8 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 8% | 5.1% |
| Le Cheylard 2,803 · 14.1 mi | 56.8 | 38% | 8.3% | 2.2% |
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 Aizac
What is the population of Aizac?
169 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (150).
How old are Aizac’s residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aizac?
50, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aizac?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aizac?
€22,900 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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