Albas is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 63.3
Households without a car make up 1.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Flats: 4.1% of the total. On single-parent households, Albas sits higher than 98% of compared French towns: 17%. At the 2023 Census Albas was home to 87 people in 49 households.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Albas
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Albas, 44% of its 100 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Albas’ residents are under 63.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Albas (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Albas’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 30% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
44% of homes in Albas are second 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
Long tenure is the mark of 16% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 19% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. At 6.6%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A +21% change since 2012: Albas grew faster than 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +7%; from 2017 to 2023, +13%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aude town +4%.
43% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 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
■ Albas 63.3. The median compared French town: 44.
5.9% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 1.7 people. Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households headed by a retired person: 67%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
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
About one in 12: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Albas (8.3%). The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Albas: 18% of residents are immigrants, above 90% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 15% of residents are foreign nationals in Albas. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Fewer married residents than 97% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Albas has 29%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 58% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a higher share than in 53% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 87 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Albas (63.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Albas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albas | 63.3 | 43% | 44% | 18% |
| Sigean 5,657 · 12.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 17% | 5.1% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 13.3 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Salses-le-Château 3,965 · 15.2 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 7% | 5.8% |
| Port-la-Nouvelle 5,852 · 15.7 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 57% | 5.7% |
| Espira-de-l'Agly 3,524 · 16.7 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 2.7% | 5.2% |
| Rivesaltes 9,270 · 17.8 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.3% |
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 Albas
What is the population of Albas?
87 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (72).
How old are Albas’ residents?
The median age is 63.3, older than 99% of compared French towns. 3.9% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Albas?
44, with occasional dwellings: 44% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Albas?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (15%). 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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