38% of households are couples with children, more than in 97% of compared French towns
0.6% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. On the census count, 19% of residents are 65 or over. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Aibes’s population at 350, in 140 households.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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 Aibes
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 6.9% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Aibes had 376 residents at the 2012 census and 350 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Aibes changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 93% 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, −2% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Nord.
A median age of 40.5: Aibes is younger than 76% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aibes 40.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Aibes ranks below 86% of compared French towns on one-person households: 28%
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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.5 people. At 6.9%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 91% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Aibes: 11% of homes stand empty, above 84% 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 households without a car is 6.4% in Aibes and 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 5% of households moved in; at the other end, 27% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €25,830 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,830 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Aibes ranks above 70% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 17%
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
In Aibes, 31% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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).
A larger share of immigrants than 83% of compared French towns: 14%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Aibes, 13%. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 83% 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Aibes
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Aibes comes in at 45%. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Aibes
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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Aibes, 28%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 350 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Aibes
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 Aibes
What is the population of Aibes?
350 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (376).
How old are Aibes’ residents?
The median age is 40.5, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aibes?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aibes?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aibes?
€25,830 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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