Fewer flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.3%
The share of households in social housing is 2.6%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. For Aulhat-Flat, the census puts households without a car at 4.4%. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 27% of households are one person living alone. The town had 944 residents in 410 households 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.
Aulhat-Flat changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 55% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of compared French towns: 8.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aulhat-Flat 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 48.1, Aulhat-Flat is older than three quarters of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Aulhat-Flat sits above 72% of compared French towns for couples with children (29%)
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
The average household has 2.3 people. Lower than in 59% of compared French towns: 9.5% of households are single parents. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of empty homes than 78% of compared French towns, at 9.8%
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
Some 6.4% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 28% who have been there 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 3% of homes are second homes.
The median resident lives on €27,760 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 €27,760 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
Aulhat-Flat ranks above 75% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 18%
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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 36%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 1.6%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Aulhat-Flat comes in at 0.5%. Elsewhere, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Half of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 85% 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
Few places have as many graduates of higher education: 31% here, more than in 54% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 944 to 2,582 people
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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Aulhat-Flat are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aulhat-Flat | 48.1 | 23% | 3% | 1.6% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 3.6 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
| Vic-le-Comte 5,396 · 6.3 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 2.5% | 4% |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 3,826 · 9.3 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 9.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Billom 4,805 · 10.5 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.9% | 3.7% |
| Brassac-les-Mines 3,412 · 10.8 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
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 Aulhat-Flat
What is the population of Aulhat-Flat?
944 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (911).
How old are Aulhat-Flat’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aulhat-Flat?
14, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aulhat-Flat?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aulhat-Flat?
€27,760 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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