A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.5%
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 6.3% in Aubres. In Aubres, 3.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). On households headed by a retired person, Aubres sits higher than 98% of compared French towns: 51%. The 2023 Census counted 420 residents in 200 households.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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 Aubres
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aubres, 12% of its 250 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 87% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Aubres’ residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Flats: 7.4% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Fewer empty homes than in three fifths of compared French towns: 6%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Aubres’s population moved +1% on 2012, less than in 64% 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 median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six ±0%.
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Aubres is over 52.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aubres 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 30% of residents are 65 or over in Aubres.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Aubres sits below 67% of compared French towns for couples with children (22%)
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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. With one-person households at 36%, Aubres is ahead of 54% of compared French towns on that count.
Median standard of living: €24,460 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,460 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
4.9% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 96% 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 manager or professional: 7.4%, below 64% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Aubres comes in at 2.2%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Single residents: 17%, a lower share than 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Aubres has 50%. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 59% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
About one in six: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Aubres (18%). As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 420 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Aubres
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aubres | 52.8 | 30% | 12% | 3.8% |
| Nyons 6,816 · 2.1 mi | 60.6 | 43% | 17% | 9.9% |
| Valréas 9,224 · 8.7 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 4.6% | 14% |
| Vaison-la-Romaine 6,058 · 10.3 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 15% | 12% |
| Dieulefit 3,289 · 11.4 mi | 58 | 39% | 18% | 7.2% |
| Malaucène 2,758 · 13.9 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 34% | 7.3% |
| Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes 2,656 · 16.6 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 7.8% | 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 Aubres
What is the population of Aubres?
420 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (414).
How old are Aubres’ residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aubres?
31, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aubres?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aubres?
€24,460 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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