A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
By its share of households headed by a retired person (21%), Alan is below 93% of compared French towns. Census figures put households without a car at 5.8% locally. Fewer flats than in 98% of compared French towns: 3.5%. This Haute-Garonne town had 292 residents in 140 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Garonne 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 Alan
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Alan, 18% of its 190 homes: higher than in 92% 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
Alan had 316 residents at the 2012 census and 292 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Alan’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Alan: 18% of homes are second homes, above 92% 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
Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8% moved in within the last two years. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 90% of compared French towns: 12% of homes stand empty.
Slower than most: −8% since 2012, behind 94% 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 Haute-Garonne town changed +15% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −3% and the next six −4%.
Alan is older than 87% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Alan 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Alan. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in ten here (10%).
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
7.1% of households are single parents, below 89% 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 Haute-Garonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. 39% of households are one person living alone, more than in 65% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The share of couples with children is 29%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €26,550 a year to live on
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 €26,550 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 7.1% in Alan, less than in 67% 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
Locally, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Set beside that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4.1% of residents are immigrants in Alan
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Alan. The median compared commune in Haute-Garonne has 7.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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.
In Alan, 45% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 62% 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
Single residents account for 26%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 45% and 4.8%, and 4.3% are widowed.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 85% of compared French towns: 13%
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
35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 292 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Alan is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan | 51.3 | 29% | 18% | 4.1% |
| Cazères 4,854 · 7.7 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.5% | 7.8% |
| Saint-Gaudens 12,139 · 13 mi | 50.1 | 31% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Rieux-Volvestre 2,639 · 13.3 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 14.6 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Carbonne 5,563 · 15.4 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 5.9% |
| Rieumes 3,517 · 16.1 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 2.7% | 4.8% |
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 Alan
What is the population of Alan?
292 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (316).
How old are Alan’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Alan?
34, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Alan?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Alan?
€26,550 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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