Households in social housing make up 0.9% in Aureil, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Aureil comes in at 3.3%. Couples with children: 32% of the total. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 85% of compared French towns: 8.7%. The town is home to 1,045 residents in 440 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Vienne 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.
Since 2012, Aureil has grown +9%, faster than 67% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Haute-Vienne town +1%.
Older than 64% of compared French towns: half of Aureil is over 46.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aureil 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Aureil, 23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% 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-Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Aureil, 7.7% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 5.6% of homes stand empty
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
A quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.4% moved in within the last two years. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.6%.
Standard of living at the median: €29,130 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 median standard of living in Aureil is €29,130 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 66% of compared French towns: 17%
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
In Aureil, 34% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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.
In Aureil, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns: 19%
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
By its share of married residents (48%), Aureil is above 84% of compared French towns. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns: 8.8%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 38% in Aureil. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
41 French towns of 1,045 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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).
Aureil is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aureil | 46.1 | 22% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Just-le-Martel 2,606 · 3.4 mi | 46.3 | 20% | 3.8% | 2.7% |
| Feytiat 6,176 · 3.7 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Boisseuil 3,010 · 4.5 mi | 47.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat 4,366 · 4.9 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| Panazol 11,342 · 5.1 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 0.9% | 7.1% |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne 5,775 · 5.8 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.1% | 7.9% |
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 Aureil
What is the population of Aureil?
1,045 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (958).
How old are Aureil’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aureil?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aureil?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aureil?
€29,130 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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