More couples with children than 79% of compared French towns: 31%
With households headed by a manager or professional at 17%, Auriol is ahead of 81% of compared French towns on that count. The share of households without a car stands at 6.8%. On households in social housing, Auriol sits lower than just over two thirds of compared French towns: 8.4%. At the 2023 Census, 13,037 people lived locally, in 5,580 households.
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.
Auriol’s population changed by +12% since 2012, more than in 75% 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 first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, +9%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bouches-du-Rhône town +6%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 59% of compared French towns, at 21%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Auriol 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Auriol’s residents are over 44.5, older than in 53% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 31% of households are one person living alone
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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are single parents in Auriol. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
In Auriol, 4.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 72% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of homes are flats here. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. About one in 19: that is how common empty homes are in Auriol (5.2%).
The middle resident’s standard of living: €29,240 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.
Half of residents live in households above €29,240 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 80% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 10.0%.
Only 9.3% of households are headed by a manual worker in Auriol
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 is 28%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 66% of compared French towns: 4.8% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 2.8%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of 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.
Auriol ranks above 59% of compared French towns on married residents: 44%
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
Just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Auriol ranks above 76% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 39%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Auriol comes in at 15%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 12,720 to 13,354 people
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 32.3 in Val-de-Reuil to 61.8 in Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Auriol
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auriol | 44.5 | 21% | 4.2% | 4.8% |
| La Destrousse 4,133 · 2.3 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.6% |
| Roquevaire 8,915 · 2.9 mi | 46.6 | 22% | 4.1% | 4.4% |
| La Bouilladisse 6,547 · 3 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 3.2% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Zacharie 5,879 · 3.2 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 4.4% | 3.6% |
| Peypin 5,771 · 3.8 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.6% | 3.5% |
| Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume 2,527 · 4.6 mi | 41.8 | 16% | 9.7% | 2.2% |
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 Auriol
What is the population of Auriol?
13,037 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (11,621).
How old are Auriol’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Auriol?
260, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Auriol?
INSEE counts 620 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 360 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Auriol?
€29,240 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.