Half of Alrance is over 57.8, older than 97% of compared French towns
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 12% of households are couples with children in Alrance. At 6.6%, the share of flats is lower than in 93% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 335 residents and 170 households in the town. 2% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 50.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Alrance
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 93 second homes and occasional dwellings in Alrance, 34% of its 280 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Alrance’s residents are under 57.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Alrance had 383 residents at the 2012 census and 335 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
34% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 38% have stayed 30 years or more. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 7.9%, fewer than in two thirds of compared French towns. The share of empty homes trails 73% of compared French towns: 5.1%.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Alrance: −13%
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
The change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and −6% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aveyron town +1%.
6.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 98% 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
■ Alrance 57.8. The median compared French town: 44.
34% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Alrance sits above 75% of compared French towns for one-person households (42%)
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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 8.4%, fewer than in 75% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €22,530 a year
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 €22,530 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 82% of compared French towns: 39%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Alrance has 6.1%. 17% of households are headed by a manual worker. By way of comparison, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Alrance has 0.9%. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Married residents make up 56% in Alrance, more than in 99% 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
22% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns, at 18%
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, just over a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification in Alrance. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
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).
No nearby town is as old as Alrance
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alrance | 57.8 | 34% | 34% | 1.5% |
| Luc-la-Primaube 6,046 · 12.9 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 15.2 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 15.4 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 16 mi | 49.9 | 30% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 16 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 17 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
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 Alrance
What is the population of Alrance?
335 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (383).
How old are Alrance’s residents?
The median age is 57.8, older than 97% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Alrance?
93, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Alrance?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Alrance?
€22,530 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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