Auriac-Lagast is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.2
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Auriac-Lagast has 2%. This Aveyron town had 228 residents in 99 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put single-parent households at 5% here. Few places have so few households without a car: 6.1% here, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns.
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 Auriac-Lagast
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Auriac-Lagast, 26% of its 150 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Auriac-Lagast’s residents are under 56.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Auriac-Lagast, 26% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 10%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 42%. More empty homes than in 69% of compared French towns: 8.5%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Auriac-Lagast changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 80% 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 change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and ±0% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aveyron town +1%.
Auriac-Lagast ranks below 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Auriac-Lagast 56.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 30%, above 86% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 75% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Lower than in 77% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €22,050 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,050 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
Auriac-Lagast ranks below 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 10%
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
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 64% of compared French towns: 35%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Auriac-Lagast sits below 98% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.3%)
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Auriac-Lagast has 0.4%. Against that, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Auriac-Lagast comes in at 51%. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Auriac-Lagast: 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 71% 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 30% in the typical compared French town, 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Auriac-Lagast. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Auriac-Lagast
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auriac-Lagast | 56.2 | 30% | 26% | 1.3% |
| Luc-la-Primaube 6,046 · 10.7 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 11.6 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 13.3 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 14.5 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 15.6 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 15.8 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
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 Auriac-Lagast
What is the population of Auriac-Lagast?
228 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (234).
How old are Auriac-Lagast’s residents?
The median age is 56.2, older than 95% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Auriac-Lagast?
40, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Auriac-Lagast?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Auriac-Lagast?
€22,050 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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