Half of Azillanet is over 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 4.8%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Still, 16% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 97% of compared French towns. Azillanet counted 357 residents and 190 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 20: 4.9% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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 Azillanet
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 81 second homes and occasional dwellings in Azillanet, 25% of its 330 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 95% 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
Azillanet had 410 residents at the 2012 census and 357 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Azillanet’s residents are under 55.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Azillanet’s households are one person: higher than in 93% of compared French towns; 41% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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
25% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 11% of households moved in; at the other end, 12% have stayed 30 years or more.
Since 2012, Azillanet has changed by −13%, slower 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
In two steps, −11% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +13% in Hérault.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Azillanet 55.6. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of Azillanet’s residents are 65 or older, against 24% in the median Hérault town and 22% in the median compared French town; 15% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Azillanet, 50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 93% 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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
7.7% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, fewer couples with children than in 86% of compared French towns: 17%. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.8 people.
Half above, half below €23,280 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,280 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
In Azillanet, 8% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 87% 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
Households headed by a retired person come to 32% in Azillanet, about three in ten. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Azillanet: 11% of residents are immigrants, above 74% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Azillanet has 8.2%. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 34%, a lower share than 92% 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 make up 30%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 16%, a lower share than 68% 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
Just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 357 to 2,582
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).
No nearby town is as old as Azillanet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azillanet | 55.6 | 31% | 25% | 11% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 8.8 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 11.3 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 11.9 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 14.1 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Capestang 3,514 · 15.4 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.6% | 9% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 15.4 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
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 Azillanet
What is the population of Azillanet?
357 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (410).
How old are Azillanet’s residents?
The median age is 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Azillanet?
81, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Azillanet?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (8.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Azillanet?
€23,280 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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