In Aulnat, 3.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 14% in Aulnat. The town’s 1,940 households held 4,139 residents at the 2023 Census. One-person households account for 41%. Flats are more common here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
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 Aulnat
Social housing
33% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 12% rent privately and 55% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+4% since 2012: slower than 53% 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
Younger than 53% of compared French towns: half of Aulnat is under 43.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aulnat 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Aulnat, 12% of households are single parents, more than in 79% 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
The average household has 2.1 people. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Aulnat comes in at 23%.
More households in social housing than 94% of compared French towns: 33%
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
27% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 11% moved in within the last two years. As a reference point, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. At 6.1%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,510 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.
Half of Aulnat’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,510 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 16.0%.
Aulnat sits above 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (23%)
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person here. For 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).
Above 81% of compared French towns: 13% of residents are immigrants
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 Aulnat, 8.9%. By way of comparison, 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.
Above 62% of compared French towns: 27% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Across Aulnat, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 25% of adults out of school have no qualification in Aulnat. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 4,112 to 4,170 people, the 20th 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.
Chanteloup-en-Brie is the youngest (36.5); Fouras the oldest (62.9).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Aulnat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aulnat | 43.6 | 23% | 2% | 13% |
| Lempdes 8,709 · 2.2 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.1% | 8.1% |
| Gerzat 10,335 · 2.4 mi | 42 | 21% | 2.6% | 13% |
| Clermont-Ferrand 146,351 · 3.5 mi | 32.9 | 17% | 5.6% | 18% |
| Pont-du-Château 12,412 · 3.8 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Cébazat 8,953 · 3.9 mi | 45.8 | 28% | 1.2% | 13% |
| Aubière 10,459 · 4 mi | 38 | 20% | 3.4% | 12% |
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 Aulnat
What is the population of Aulnat?
4,139 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (3,981).
How old are Aulnat’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aulnat?
43, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aulnat?
INSEE counts 530 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 370 foreign nationals (8.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aulnat?
€23,510 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% 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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