One-person households make up 55% in Auray, more than in 98% of compared French towns
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 7.5% in Auray. The town’s 7,890 households held 14,207 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that 60% of homes are flats in the town. The median age in the town is 50.1, higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Morbihan 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 Auray
Many people living alone
55% of Auray’s households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 46% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+11% since 2012, a pace 73% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Morbihan town +7%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 86% of compared French towns, at 30%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Auray 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children make up 14% in Auray, less 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 Morbihan median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Auray has 8.3%. Households average 1.7 people. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Households without a car make up 17% in Auray, more than in 77% 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
Without a car: one household in six, against 11% in the median compared French town. Across Auray, 18% of households rent social housing (HLM). The town has fewer empty homes than three fifths of compared French towns, at 6%.
Standard of living at the median: €25,680 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.
At €25,680 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 53% of compared French towns. 15.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Auray ranks above 83% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 40%
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 manager or professional: 12% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Across Auray, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Auray ranks below 67% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.6%
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 census found that 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Auray. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 33% of residents 15 and over are married
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: 30%, above 77% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 36% in Auray, more than in 69% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Auray, 16%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (13,834 to 14,568 people), the 8th 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.
Ages run from 30.7 in Lieusaint to 55.6 in Douarnenez.
Auray sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auray | 50.1 | 30% | 7.5% | 4.6% |
| Pluneret 6,262 · 2 mi | 45 | 21% | 3.8% | 2% |
| Brech 7,052 · 2.3 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 4% | 2.1% |
| Sainte-Anne-d'Auray 2,889 · 2.7 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.5% | 2% |
| Crach 3,423 · 2.9 mi | 56.8 | 34% | 22% | 2.1% |
| Le Bono 2,608 · 2.9 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 17% | 2.1% |
| Plougoumelen 2,664 · 3.8 mi | 47.1 | 21% | 6.9% | 1.7% |
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 Auray
What is the population of Auray?
14,207 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (12,771).
How old are Auray’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Auray?
690, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Auray?
INSEE counts 660 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 510 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Auray?
€25,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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