Photo: Sébastien Bertrand · CC BY 2.0Allauch ranks below 92% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 6.5%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 79% of compared French towns. Here, 30% of households are one person living alone. At the 2023 Census Allauch was home to 21,443 people in 9,120 households. Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Allauch comes in at 7%.
Throughout this page, the Bouches-du-Rhône 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.
A +4% change since 2012: slower than 55% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bouches-du-Rhône town +6%.
Older than 74% of compared French towns: half of Allauch is over 47.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Allauch 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 26% of residents are 65 or over here. Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
28% of households are couples with children, a share 68% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Bouches-du-Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. One in ten households are single parents, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Flats make up 27% in Allauch, less than in 54% 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
24% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.3% moved in within the last two years. Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town.
At the median, €30,900 a year to live on
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 €30,900 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 88% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 8.2% of residents.
In Allauch, 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 79% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 37%, above 72% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 1.2%, a lower share than 91% of compared French towns
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 share of immigrants trails 74% of compared French towns: 3.9%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Allauch sits above 89% of compared French towns for married residents (49%)
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
With single residents at 22%, Allauch is behind 82% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 86% 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
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
6th highest median age among 41 French towns of 20,787 to 22,153
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Carrières-sous-Poissy (32.6), the youngest, and Concarneau (53.9), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Allauch
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allauch | 47.9 | 26% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Plan-de-Cuques 11,632 · 1 mi | 51.9 | 32% | 1.5% | 3% |
| Marseille 13e 95,112 · 2.6 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 0.8% | 15% |
| Marseille 12e 64,399 · 3.2 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.4% | 7.6% |
| Marseille 11e 59,883 · 3.4 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 0.9% | 12% |
| Marseille 14e 60,505 · 4.5 mi | 36 | 14% | 0.6% | 22% |
| Marseille 4e 49,363 · 4.6 mi | 40.2 | 20% | 3.5% | 15% |
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 Allauch
What is the population of Allauch?
21,443 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (20,690).
How old are Allauch’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Allauch?
240, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Allauch?
INSEE counts 840 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 260 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Allauch?
€30,900 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.2% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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