A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
The share of flats trails 96% of compared French towns: 4.9%. Aurons had 555 residents in 240 households at the 2023 census. One-person households account for 25%. Few places have so few households headed by a manual worker: 6.6% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Aurons
Many graduates
53% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 20% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+5% since 2012: slower than 51% 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, +1%.
Older than 80% of compared French towns: half of Aurons is over 49.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aurons 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
2.2% of households are single parents, below 99% 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 Bouches-du-Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. Couples with children are more common here than in 80% of compared French towns. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
More second homes than 69% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6.3%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
€34,600 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €34,600 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 19% in Aurons, more than in 87% 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: 36% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Aurons, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 92% 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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of residents are immigrants in Aurons. That is lower than in 85% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bouches-du-Rhône has 6.3%. The wider picture: 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
51% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
7.7% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 99% 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
53% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (555 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Aurons
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurons | 49.2 | 24% | 3.7% | 2.7% |
| Pélissanne 11,085 · 2.3 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 2% | 4% |
| Alleins 2,852 · 2.8 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 3.3% | 3.4% |
| Salon-de-Provence 44,194 · 3.5 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 1% | 10% |
| Mallemort 6,166 · 4.3 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 30% | 6% |
| Lambesc 10,024 · 5.5 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 3.5% | 5.2% |
| Lançon-Provence 9,915 · 5.5 mi | 41.9 | 18% | 1.4% | 3.8% |
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 Aurons
What is the population of Aurons?
555 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (531).
How old are Aurons’ residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aurons?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aurons?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aurons?
€34,600 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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