Half of Auzances is over 58, older than 97% of compared French towns
7.8% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. For Auzances, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 50%. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 16% of households are couples with children. At the 2023 Census, 1,129 people lived here, in 600 households.
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 Auzances
An older town
Half of Auzances’ residents are under 58 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Auzances had 1,300 residents at the 2012 census and 1,129 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 160 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
49% of Auzances’ households are one person: higher than in 92% of compared French towns; 36% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Auzances changed by −13% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Creuse. Here the change came as −7% to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
Auzances: 39% of residents are 65 or over, above 97% 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
■ Auzances 58. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Auzances comes in at 8.1%. On average, 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 Auzances, 49% of households are one person living alone, more than in 92% 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 figure for single-parent households is 5.8% in Auzances and 10% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 1.8 people on average. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
10% of households moved in less than two years ago; 30% have been in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. More households without a car than in 78% of compared French towns: 18%. Still, with flats at 21%, Auzances is behind two thirds of compared French towns on that count.
€23,050 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €23,050 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Only 5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Auzances
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 make up about one in eight here (13%). In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.7% of residents are immigrants in Auzances
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.
Foreign nationals: 3%, below 65% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 74% 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
For Auzances, the census puts single residents at 26%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 39% and 4.4%, and 15% are widowed.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 92% of compared French towns: 30%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,129 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Auzances and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auzances | 58 | 39% | 7.8% | 3.7% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 16.6 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
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 Auzances
What is the population of Auzances?
1,129 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (1,300).
How old are Auzances’ residents?
The median age is 58, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Auzances?
64, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Auzances?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Auzances?
€23,050 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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