Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Aubusson is over 56.8
By its share of couples with children (9.6%), Aubusson is below 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Aubusson was home to 3,018 people in 1,740 households. Households headed by a retired person come to 48% in the town, about five in ten. On second homes, Aubusson sits higher than 86% of compared French towns: 8.5%.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Aubusson
Fewer residents than in 2012
Aubusson had 3,699 residents at the 2012 census and 3,018 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
60% of Aubusson’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 46% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Aubusson’s residents are under 56.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 750 homes empty (27%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Aubusson changed by −18% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −9%; from 2017 to 2023, −10%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Creuse town −5%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aubusson 56.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Aubusson, 60% of households are one person living alone, more than in 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 1.6 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.7%, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns.
27% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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
Just over half of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. On households in social housing, Aubusson sits higher than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 22%. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €20,480 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 Aubusson’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,480 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 29.0% of residents.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 78% of compared French towns: 9.7%
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
Lower than in 57% of compared French towns: 8.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 64% of compared French towns: 5.9%
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 median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in just over half of compared French towns. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 6.6% of residents are immigrants.
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 married residents than 97% of compared French towns, at 30%
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 share of single residents is 35%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
28% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here just over a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,987 to 3,052 people, the 2nd 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.
Pommeuse is the youngest (39.2); Agon-Coutainville the oldest (63.8).
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 Aubusson
What is the population of Aubusson?
3,018 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (3,699).
How old are Aubusson’s residents?
The median age is 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aubusson?
230, with occasional dwellings: 8.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aubusson?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 180 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aubusson?
€20,480 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 29.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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