Half of Aulus-les-Bains is over 57, older than 96% of compared French towns
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Aulus-les-Bains has 47%. The share of households in social housing stands at 1.4%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The town had 132 residents in 82 households at the 2023 census.
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 Aulus-les-Bains
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 370 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aulus-les-Bains, 78% of its 470 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 42% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Aulus-les-Bains had 181 residents at the 2012 census and 132 in 2023, down 27%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Aulus-les-Bains’ residents are under 57 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
53% of Aulus-les-Bains’ households are one person: higher than in 97% of compared French towns; 52% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Aulus-les-Bains: 78% of homes are second homes, above 99% 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
Of all households, 6.9% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, flats are common here: 49%, more than in 73% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, the share of empty homes is 4.3%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A −27% change since 2012: slower than 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
In two steps, −13% to 2017 and −16% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Ariège.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 5.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aulus-les-Bains 57. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 35%, Aulus-les-Bains is ahead of 94% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Aulus-les-Bains, 13% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 95% 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
Households here average 1.6 people each. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 53% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 97% of compared French towns.
Aulus-les-Bains ranks below 54% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 13%
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. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 86% of compared French towns: 2.5% 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Aulus-les-Bains ranks below 96% of compared French towns on married residents: 32%
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
On the census count, just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 94% of compared French towns: 10%
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
39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 132 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).
No nearby town is as old as Aulus-les-Bains
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aulus-les-Bains | 57 | 35% | 78% | 2.5% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 14.1 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 16.3 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 Aulus-les-Bains
What is the population of Aulus-les-Bains?
132 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 27% fewer than in 2012 (181).
How old are Aulus-les-Bains’ residents?
The median age is 57, older than 96% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aulus-les-Bains?
370, with occasional dwellings: 78% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aulus-les-Bains?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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