Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Ayssènes is over 56.4
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 225 residents in 110 households: that is Ayssènes at the 2023 Census. On the census count, nearly one in ten households are couples with children. The share of flats is 3.6%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Ayssènes
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ayssènes, 46% of its 250 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Ayssènes’ residents are under 56.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 46% in Ayssènes, more than in 97% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 29% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 4.3% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. The share of households without a car is 3.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 56% of compared French towns: Ayssènes changed by +6% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Aveyron town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Ayssènes sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.3%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ayssènes 56.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 36%, 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
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In Ayssènes, 13% of households are single parents, more than in 87% 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
Households average 2 people. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On one-person households, Ayssènes sits higher than 64% of compared French towns: 39%.
A median of €19,860 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €19,860 a year: lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns, at 52%
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 8.7%, Ayssènes is behind 84% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, nearly a third 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).
Below 74% of compared French towns: 3.9% of residents are immigrants
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.
For Ayssènes, the census puts foreign nationals at 3.5%. Across the comparison, 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.
30% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 79% 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
The figure for married residents is 39% in Ayssènes and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school have no 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
Graduates of higher education make up 36%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
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.
Ayssènes is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayssènes | 56.4 | 36% | 46% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 10.9 mi | 49.9 | 30% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
| Millau 22,044 · 15.4 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Luc-la-Primaube 6,046 · 18 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 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 Ayssènes
What is the population of Ayssènes?
225 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (212).
How old are Ayssènes’ residents?
The median age is 56.4, older than 95% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ayssènes?
120, with occasional dwellings: 46% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ayssènes?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ayssènes?
€19,860 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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