Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Audressein is over 57.3
Here 0.7% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 144 people lived in Audressein, in 77 households. Put another way, about one in 27: 3.7% of households have no car.
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 Audressein
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 57 second homes and occasional dwellings in Audressein, 40% of its 140 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Audressein’s residents are under 57.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Audressein had 117 residents at the 2012 census and 144 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Turnover: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 4.9% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 93% of compared French towns: Audressein changed by +23% since 2012
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 +19%, then +4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Ariège town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%.
Audressein sits below 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.6%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Audressein 57.3. The median compared French town: 44.
36% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households is 44%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Here, 12% of households are single parents.
A median of €22,260 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,260 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 56% of households are headed by a retired person
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 share of households headed by a manager or professional is 6.3%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in three fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Audressein: 6.6% of residents are immigrants
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 Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 51% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up about one in 25 here (4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Audressein, 37% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 83% 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
Single residents make up 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Audressein ranks below 77% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
Here 33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 144 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Audressein and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audressein | 57.3 | 36% | 40% | 6.6% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 7.2 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 6.7% | 9.1% |
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 Audressein
What is the population of Audressein?
144 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (117).
How old are Audressein’s residents?
The median age is 57.3, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Audressein?
57, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Audressein?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Audressein?
€22,260 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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