Fewer flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.4%
Households without a car: 4.4%, below 92% of compared French towns. Aubers had 1,749 residents in 720 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put one-person households at 24% locally. 7.7% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns.
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 Aubers
Many graduates
50% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 19% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Aubers grew +14% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 79% 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 change was +7% from 2012 to 2017 and +6% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Nord town ±0%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 77% of compared French towns: 9.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aubers 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five. The median age in Aubers is 44.1, higher than in 50% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 30% of households are couples with children
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
The share of single-parent households tops two thirds of compared French towns: 11%. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 2.9% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
By its share of empty homes (4.9%), Aubers is below 76% of compared French towns. At 1.4%, the share of second homes is lower than in 65% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 28%.
Median living standard: €31,990 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 €31,990 a year: higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
In Aubers, 23% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 92% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Aubers, 30%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Aubers ranks below 94% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.7%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1% in Aubers. 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.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 56% 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
19% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 93% of compared French towns: 50%
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 make up 12%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,749 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Aubers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aubers | 44.1 | 22% | 1.4% | 1.7% |
| Laventie 5,044 · 2.7 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 0.5% | 1.6% |
| Richebourg 2,687 · 3.6 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| Fleurbaix 2,947 · 3.7 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.5% | 1.9% |
| Violaines 3,839 · 4.2 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| La Bassée 6,650 · 4.2 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 0.7% | 2.6% |
| Sainghin-en-Weppes 5,638 · 4.2 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 0.5% | 2.1% |
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 Aubers
What is the population of Aubers?
1,749 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,537).
How old are Aubers’ residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 50% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aubers?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aubers?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aubers?
€31,990 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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