A median age of 59.4: Albas is older than 98% of compared French towns
5.2% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). At the 2023 Census, 529 people lived in Albas, in 270 households. Census figures put households without a car at 2.2% in the town. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 47% here, more than in 95% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Lot 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 Albas
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 85 second homes and occasional dwellings in Albas, 20% of its 420 homes: higher than in 93% 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 Albas’ residents are under 59.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 66 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Albas, 1.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
The figure for second homes is 20% in Albas and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, 16% of homes stand empty, more than in 96% of compared French towns. The share of households in social housing in the typical compared French town is 12%.
A +3% change since 2012: slower than 59% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Lot town −1%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Albas 59.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Albas has 38%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Albas sits below 92% of compared French towns for couples with children (14%)
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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Albas, 37%. 5.3% of households are single parents, or about one in 19. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,270 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,270 a year: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Albas sits below 90% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (7.3%)
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 5.5%, Albas is behind just over four fifths of compared French towns on that count. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Albas: 15% of residents are immigrants, above 85% 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.
13% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 19%, a lower share than 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 45% of residents 15 and over are married in Albas. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 60% of compared French towns, at 33%
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
A fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 529 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Albas sits below 1 of its 5 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Albas
What is the population of Albas?
529 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (516).
How old are Albas’ residents?
The median age is 59.4, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Albas?
85, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Albas?
INSEE counts 78 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 70 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Albas?
€25,270 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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