A town of second homes: 58% of its homes
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Albiès has 2.6%. This Ariège town is home to 123 residents in 62 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put flats at 4.5% in the town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Albiès
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 92 second homes and occasional dwellings in Albiès, 58% of its 160 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 91% 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 Albiès’ residents are under 54 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Albiès’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Albiès had 131 residents at the 2012 census and 123 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in two in Albiès is a second home
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, 9.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 38% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Albiès sits close to the norm on households without a car: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Albiès’s population moved −6% on 2012, less than in 91% 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
The median Ariège town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six ±0%.
Albiès is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Albiès 54. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Albiès has 32%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.2%, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Albiès ranks above 94% of compared French towns on one-person households: 50%
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. 17% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 86% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
A median of €23,830 a year per consumption unit
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 residents live in households above €23,830 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns: 50%
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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 17% in Albiès and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. Across Albiès, 8.3% 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).
0.8% of residents are foreign nationals, below 97% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. 2.5% of residents are immigrants. For comparison, 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.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 84% 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
Married residents come to 42% in Albiès, about four in ten. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 67% of compared French towns: 16%
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, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Albiès. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 123 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 1 of the 3 around it: Albiès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albiès | 54 | 32% | 58% | 2.5% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 7 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 13 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Foix 9,934 · 13.7 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
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 Albiès
What is the population of Albiès?
123 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (131).
How old are Albiès’ residents?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Albiès?
92, with occasional dwellings: 58% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Albiès?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Albiès?
€23,830 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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