Photo: Daniel Jolivet · CC BY 2.0A higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 22%
5.6% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 2,574 people lived in Aydat, in 1,110 households. Flats: 5% of the total. On households in social housing, Aydat sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 2.3%.
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 Aydat
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 350 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aydat, 22% of its 1,590 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Aydat sits below 98% of compared French towns for households without a car (3.2%)
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
Long tenure is the mark of 15% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.3% (under two years). In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. Few places have as many empty homes: 8.4% here, more than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Aydat outgrew 83% of compared French towns: +16%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Puy-de-Dôme. Here the change came as +7% to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns, at 6.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aydat 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.1, Aydat is younger than nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
A larger share of couples with children than 85% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Aydat comes in at 29%. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
The median resident lives on €29,490 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 median standard of living in Aydat is €29,490 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 81% of compared French towns. Some 7.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Aydat ranks above 76% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 15%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Aydat comes in at 29%. Households headed by a manual worker: 12% of the total. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
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, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Aydat has 0.8%. Against that, 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.
Aydat ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 44% in Aydat. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns: 9.5%
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 30% in the typical compared French town, 42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Aydat. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 61.2 in Eymet.
Aydat sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aydat | 42.1 | 17% | 22% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Genès-Champanelle 4,066 · 4 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| Ceyrat 6,592 · 6.3 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Romagnat 7,894 · 6.8 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 1.5% | 7.6% |
| La Roche-Blanche 3,311 · 7.2 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Royat 4,479 · 7.3 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 13% | 9.8% |
| Beaumont 10,728 · 7.5 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 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 Aydat
What is the population of Aydat?
2,574 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (2,224).
How old are Aydat’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aydat?
350, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aydat?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aydat?
€29,490 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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