A median age of 60.6: Azat-le-Ris is older than 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Azat-le-Ris was home to 241 people in 120 households. The share of flats stands at 0.4%. Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 4% of households are headed by a manual worker in the town.
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.
What stands out about the people of Azat-le-Ris
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 62 second homes and occasional dwellings in Azat-le-Ris, 25% of its 240 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 Azat-le-Ris’ residents are under 60.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Azat-le-Ris (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 23% of residents, against 4.5% for the median compared commune in Haute-Vienne. 23% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 58 homes empty (24%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
24% of homes stand empty, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
One household in 12 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Second homes: a quarter of the total. Azat-le-Ris has fewer households without a car than 64% of compared French towns, at 8.3%. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 88% of compared French towns grew faster than Azat-le-Ris: −5%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%.
40% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% 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
■ Azat-le-Ris 60.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 5.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 20% in Azat-le-Ris, less than in 72% 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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Azat-le-Ris has 38%. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over one in ten households are single parents here.
The median resident lives on €19,830 a year per consumption unit
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 Azat-le-Ris is €19,830 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
63% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 95% of compared French towns: 23%
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-Vienne has 4.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 95% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Azat-le-Ris has 23%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 52%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Azat-le-Ris has 20%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 90% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 29% of adults out of school have no qualification here. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 241 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Azat-le-Ris
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azat-le-Ris | 60.6 | 40% | 25% | 23% |
| Montmorillon 5,821 · 11.5 mi | 57.4 | 38% | 3.8% | 5.3% |
| Bellac 3,537 · 13.8 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.1% | 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 Azat-le-Ris
What is the population of Azat-le-Ris?
241 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (254).
How old are Azat-le-Ris’ residents?
The median age is 60.6, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Azat-le-Ris?
62, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Azat-le-Ris?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 23% of residents, and 56 foreign nationals (23%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Azat-le-Ris?
€19,830 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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