Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Ajoux is over 59
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Ajoux is home to 81 residents in 44 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in 53: that is how common flats are in Ajoux (1.9%). Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Ajoux has 11%.
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 Ajoux
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ajoux, 54% of its 97 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Ajoux’s residents are under 59 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ajoux had 94 residents at the 2012 census and 81 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 54% of its homes
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
1% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Households that moved in under two years ago: 2.1%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 27%.
−14% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −18%, then +5% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 1.1%, a lower share than 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
■ Ajoux 59. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 37% of residents are 65 or over here. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 76 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Ajoux sits above 82% of compared French towns for one-person households (44%)
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
On average, 1.8 people share a household. Just over one in ten households are single parents, a higher share than in 66% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 70% of compared French towns: 11%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Across Ajoux, 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).
Immigrants: 4.5%, a lower share than 68% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Ajoux comes in at 5.7%. To put it in context, 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.
Married residents make up 51% in Ajoux, more than in 95% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
6.8% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Ajoux. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 81 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).
Ajoux is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajoux | 59 | 37% | 54% | 4.5% |
| Privas 8,538 · 5.5 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 8.6 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Chomérac 3,183 · 9.3 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 5.1% | 3.9% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 10.5 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Le Cheylard 2,803 · 11.2 mi | 56.8 | 38% | 8.3% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 12 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
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 Ajoux
What is the population of Ajoux?
81 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (94).
How old are Ajoux’s residents?
The median age is 59, older than 98% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ajoux?
52, with occasional dwellings: 54% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ajoux?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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