A town of second homes: 30% of its homes
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (4.1%), Allières is below 99% of compared French towns. On households headed by a retired person, Allières sits higher than 90% of compared French towns: 43%. 76 residents in 32 households: that is Allières at the 2023 Census. Across Allières, nearly one in ten homes are flats.
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 Allières
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Allières, 30% of its 50 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car make up 6.5% in Allières, less than in 77% 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
On empty homes, 6% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 35% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.7% (under two years).
Growth of +7% since 2012 puts Allières ahead of 59% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ariège town +2%. The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, +7%.
Older than 66% of compared French towns: half of Allières is over 46.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Allières 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Allières comes in at 25%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 83% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Average household size: 2.4 people. The share of couples with children tops 68% of compared French towns: 29%.
14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 74% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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: 5.5%, a higher share than 60% 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 higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 6.8% 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.
Allières sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (64%)
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 Allières, just over one in ten residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Allières sits above 90% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (46%)
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 19% in the typical compared French town, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 76 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Allières, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allières | 46.5 | 25% | 30% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 11.7 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 6.7% | 9.1% |
| Foix 9,934 · 13.3 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 13.5 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 13.6 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 13.7 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 13.9 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
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 Allières
What is the population of Allières?
76 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (71).
How old are Allières’ residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Allières?
15, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Allières?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (5.5%). 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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