A median age of 56.5: Aureilhan is older than 96% of compared French towns
A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Aureilhan. At the 2023 Census, 1,146 people lived here, in 590 households. On the census count, 4.4% of households have no car. Fewer empty homes than in 88% of compared French towns: 3.9%.
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 Aureilhan
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 300 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aureilhan, 32% of its 930 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 52% 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 Aureilhan’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
32% of homes are second homes, a share 95% 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 make up 0.8%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Census figures put flats at 25% in Aureilhan.
Aureilhan’s population changed by +13% since 2012, more than in 78% 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 +5% and the next six +8%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of compared French towns: 7.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aureilhan 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (33%), Aureilhan is above 92% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 4.9% of households are single parents in Aureilhan
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
A household here holds 1.9 people on average. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. On one-person households, Aureilhan sits higher than 63% of compared French towns: 38%.
€26,920 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €26,920 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Aureilhan: 47% of households are headed by a retired person, above 95% 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 manual worker make up 9.9%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 12: 8.2% of 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).
5.6% of Aureilhan’s residents are immigrants
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.
About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Aureilhan (5.6%). That is lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%. On foreign nationals, 4% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 19% in Aureilhan, less than in 96% 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
By its share of married residents (48%), Aureilhan is above 85% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Aureilhan, less than in 72% 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
Adults with no qualification come to 18% in Aureilhan, about two in ten. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,146 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Aureilhan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aureilhan | 56.5 | 33% | 32% | 5.6% |
| Mimizan 7,673 · 2.5 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 47% | 6.4% |
| Parentis-en-Born 7,586 · 11.2 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 14% | 5.1% |
| Biscarrosse 15,836 · 13 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 38% | 4.9% |
| Labouheyre 2,906 · 13.9 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 5.3% | 16% |
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 Aureilhan
What is the population of Aureilhan?
1,146 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (1,012).
How old are Aureilhan’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aureilhan?
300, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aureilhan?
INSEE counts 64 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aureilhan?
€26,920 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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