Auge is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.8
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 92 residents in 48 households: that is Auge at the 2023 Census. One-person households account for 40%. Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Auge has 30%.
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 Auge
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Auge, 26% of its 89 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Auge had 104 residents at the 2012 census and 92 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Auge’s residents are under 55.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 18 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 20% of homes stand empty
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
In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 42% have stayed 30 years or more. More second homes than in 94% of compared French towns: 26%. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. One household in 10 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Slower than most: −12% since 2012, behind 98% 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
Here the change came as −6% to 2017, then −6% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Creuse.
In Auge, 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Auge 55.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 36% of residents are 65 or over here. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 74% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Households here average 1.9 people each. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (30%)
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Auge, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Auge sits below 80% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.3%)
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.2%), Auge is below 76% of compared French towns. For 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.
In Auge, 58% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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 share of single residents is 19%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Auge has 17%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (92 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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 Auge
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auge | 55.8 | 36% | 26% | 3.3% |
| Huriel 2,536 · 11.9 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 4% | 2.5% |
| Prémilhat 2,540 · 12.3 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.9% |
| Domérat 8,622 · 13.2 mi | 53.5 | 33% | 1.6% | 4.4% |
| Montluçon 33,147 · 14.6 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Désertines 4,259 · 16.1 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 1.5% | 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 Auge
What is the population of Auge?
92 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (104).
How old are Auge’s residents?
The median age is 55.8, older than 95% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Auge?
23, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Auge?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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