1.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Audon, 2.7%. Census day 2023: 409 residents and 170 households in the town. Put another way, about one in five: 21% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 6.5%, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Landes 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 Audon
Growing fast
Audon had 335 residents at the 2012 census and 409 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Audon has grown +22%, faster than 92% 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 Landes town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +11% and the next six +10%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 5.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Audon 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Audon’s residents are under 43.4, younger than in 55% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Locally, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 82% of compared French towns: 31%
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 Landes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Audon has 11%. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
7.7% of homes stand empty, a share 60% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. 20% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.5% moved in within the last two years. Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,950 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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,950 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 29%
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
6.5% of Audon’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 27% by a retired person (32%). The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Audon ranks below 90% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.3%
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.
3.5% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Audon, 17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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 Audon, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 71% of compared French towns: 24%
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
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
41 French towns of 409 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th youngest
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.
Audon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audon | 43.4 | 19% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Tartas 3,169 · 2.2 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 2.8% | 3.9% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 5.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 3,402 · 9.2 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| Rion-des-Landes 3,142 · 9.9 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 6.7% | 5.1% |
| Narrosse 3,387 · 11.8 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax 14,481 · 12.8 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 10% | 6.6% |
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 Audon
What is the population of Audon?
409 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (335).
How old are Audon’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Audon?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Audon?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Audon?
€25,950 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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