Photo: Peyot · CC BY-SA 3.0Aubière: 26% of residents are 15 to 24, above 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Aubière has 14%. Put another way, about one in five: 22% of households have no car. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 83% of compared French towns. 10,459 residents in 5,530 households: that is Aubière at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Aubière
Many people living alone
56% of Aubière’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 35% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Aubière’s residents are under 38 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 11% are under 15 and 20% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +10% change since 2012: Aubière grew faster than 68% 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, +6% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Puy-de-Dôme.
A median age of 38: Aubière is younger than 88% 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
■ Aubière 38. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20%, below 62% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 56% in Aubière, more than in 99% 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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Aubière has 7.1%. Households here average 1.8 people each. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Flats make up 46% in Aubière, more than in 70% 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
One household in four has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing: nearly a tenth of the total. At 3.4%, the share of second homes is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
€27,500 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 €27,500 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 66% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 15.0% of the population.
Households headed by a manual worker: 8.8%, a lower share than 83% 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
Here 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Across the comparison, 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).
More immigrants than 77% of compared French towns: 12%
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 median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 77% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up about one in 11 here (8.9%). The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
41% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Aubière comes in at 32%. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 43%
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, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Aubière, 15%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 10,311 to 10,616 people: this is the 5th 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.
Ages run from 33.5 in Serris to 59.6 in La Londe-les-Maures.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Aubière
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aubière | 38 | 20% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Beaumont 10,728 · 1.2 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 7% |
| Romagnat 7,894 · 1.7 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 1.5% | 7.6% |
| Pérignat-lès-Sarliève 2,872 · 1.9 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 4.5% |
| Clermont-Ferrand 146,351 · 2.3 mi | 32.9 | 17% | 5.6% | 18% |
| Ceyrat 6,592 · 2.5 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Chamalières 17,509 · 2.8 mi | 47.8 | 29% | 5.4% | 5.7% |
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 Aubière
What is the population of Aubière?
10,459 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (9,536).
How old are Aubière’s residents?
The median age is 38, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aubière?
210, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aubière?
INSEE counts 1,210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 930 foreign nationals (8.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aubière?
€27,500 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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