Albières is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.5
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Albières has 4.3%. Its 62 households held 117 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.1% of households are couples with children. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Albières
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Albières, 29% of its 110 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Albières’ residents are under 57.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 19 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
29% of homes in Albières 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
Households without a car make up 9.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. At 17%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 97% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Albières’s population changed by +13% since 2012, more than in 76% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aude town +4%.
4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer 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
■ Albières 57.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Albières has 33%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Albières sits above 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (21%)
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
Households here average 1.9 people each. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Higher than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 43% of households are one person living alone.
The median resident lives on €14,140 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.
At €14,140 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
Albières ranks above 74% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 14%
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
29% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town. More households headed by a manual worker than in 53% of compared French towns: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 84% of compared French towns, at 15%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (12%), Albières is above 87% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 80% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
28% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education: 40%, a higher share than 80% of compared French towns
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 19% in the typical compared French town, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Albières. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
1 in 3 nearby towns have a higher median age than Albières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Albières
What is the population of Albières?
117 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (104).
How old are Albières’ residents?
The median age is 57.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 8.1% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Albières?
33, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Albières?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Albières?
€14,140 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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