Audenge ranks above 87% of compared French towns on second homes: 9%
Half of Audenge’s residents are over 47.4, older than in 72% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car stands at 6%. The town had 9,596 residents in 4,470 households at the 2023 Census. Here 10% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Audenge
Growing fast
Audenge had 6,622 residents at the 2012 census and 9,596 in 2023, up 45%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +45% change since 2012: Audenge grew faster than 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
Over those years, the median Gironde town changed +16% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +21%, then +20% to 2023.
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 69% 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
■ Audenge 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Audenge. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Only 24% of households are couples with children in Audenge
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are more common here than in just over half of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Audenge, 5.7% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 64% 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
Turnover: 10% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 8.2% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Audenge has fewer households in social housing than 56% of compared French towns, at 11%. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. With flats at 29%, Audenge is behind just over half of compared French towns on that count.
Median living standard: €27,500 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.
Living standards centre on €27,500 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 66% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 9.0% of residents.
In Audenge, 35% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 63% 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 76% 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.
1.8% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 23% of residents 15 and over are single
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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Audenge, 41%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 84% 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops three fifths of compared French towns: 33%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 10th oldest of 41 French towns of 9,426 to 9,768 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.
Ages run from 36.9 in Aucamville to 54.4 in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire.
Audenge sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audenge | 47.4 | 25% | 9% | 3.6% |
| Lanton 7,337 · 2.9 mi | 58.2 | 38% | 22% | 2.9% |
| Biganos 11,431 · 3.3 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Le Teich 9,180 · 4.4 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
| Gujan-Mestras 22,153 · 5.5 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 16% | 3.2% |
| Andernos-les-Bains 12,710 · 5.8 mi | 60 | 42% | 29% | 2.5% |
| Mios 12,043 · 6.5 mi | 39.8 | 14% | 1.8% | 3.6% |
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 Audenge
What is the population of Audenge?
9,596 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 45% more than in 2012 (6,622).
How old are Audenge’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 72% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Audenge?
470, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Audenge?
INSEE counts 350 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 170 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Audenge?
€27,500 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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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