A median age of 56.5: Aubin is older than 96% of compared French towns
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 48% of households are headed by a retired person in Aubin. Put another way, about one in 23: 4.4% of households rent social housing (HLM). 17% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns. This Aveyron town had 3,444 residents in 1,740 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Aubin
An older town
Half of Aubin’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Aubin had 3,937 residents at the 2012 census and 3,444 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 550 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −13% since 2012 leaves Aubin behind 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, −8%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aveyron town +1%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 35% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aubin 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 7.8% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 6.6%, a lower share than 93% 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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Aubin has 40%. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 1.9 people on average.
23% of homes stand empty, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
With second homes at 5.7%, Aubin is ahead of 79% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. About one in five: that is how common flats are in Aubin (22%). Few places have as many households without a car: 12% here, more than in 56% of compared French towns.
€22,530 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,530 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 18.0%.
2.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 98% 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
Put another way, about one in eight: 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Aubin ranks below 64% of compared French towns on immigrants: 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.
The median compared commune in Aveyron has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 64% of compared French towns. 2.9% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 34.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 20% in Aubin, less than in 89% 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
Married residents: 47% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Locally, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,414 to 3,474 people), the 3rd 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.
Ages run from 35.9 in Moult-Chicheboville to 58.7 in Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan.
No nearby town is as old as Aubin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aubin | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 1.9 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 9.1 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 12.3 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 16.5 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 16.9 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
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 Aubin
What is the population of Aubin?
3,444 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (3,937).
How old are Aubin’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aubin?
140, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aubin?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aubin?
€22,530 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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