Half of Aubazat is over 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 175 residents in 88 households. In Aubazat, 2.2% of homes are flats. 5.7% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%).
Throughout this page, the Haute-Loire 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 Aubazat
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aubazat, 22% of its 140 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Aubazat’s residents are under 55.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 21 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Aubazat ranks above 94% of compared French towns on second homes: 22%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 32%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 15% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A change of −1% since 2012 leaves Aubazat behind 75% 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
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.5% in Aubazat, less than in 95% 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
■ Aubazat 55.3. The median compared French town: 44.
A third of Aubazat’s residents are 65 or older, against 25% in the median Haute-Loire town and 22% in the median compared French town; 13% are under 18. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 18% of households are couples with children in Aubazat
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-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2 people on average. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 75% of compared French towns: 12% of households are single parents. At 35%, the share of one-person households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €23,060 a year in standard of living
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.
At €23,060 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Aubazat sits above 86% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (41%)
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Aubazat. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.9% of residents are immigrants, below 83% 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.
The median compared commune in Haute-Loire has 3.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Aubazat: 48% of residents 15 and over are married, above 82% 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, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Aubazat, 22%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 23% in Aubazat, less than in 73% 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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Aubazat (20%). As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (175 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Aubazat sits below 1 of its 2 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Aubazat
What is the population of Aubazat?
175 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (177).
How old are Aubazat’s residents?
The median age is 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aubazat?
30, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aubazat?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aubazat?
€23,060 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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