Half of Orriule is over 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Flats: 1.4% of the total. At the 2023 Census, 140 people lived in Orriule, in 66 households. The share of households headed by a retired person tops 97% of compared French towns: 50%.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Atlantiques 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 Orriule
An older town
Half of Orriule’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Orriule had 155 residents at the 2012 census and 140 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −10% since 2012 leaves Orriule behind 97% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Pyrénées-Atlantiques town, the change came in two steps: −15% from 2012 to 2017, then +6% to 2023.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 38% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Orriule 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
5.6% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 21% of households are couples with children in Orriule
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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average. Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Orriule has 36%.
A smaller share of empty homes than 96% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 40%. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. At 6%, the share of households without a car is lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Second homes make up 5.7%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,780 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.
The median standard of living in Orriule is €24,780 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
In Orriule, 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 66% 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
Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.2% of residents are immigrants, below 71% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Orriule. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques has 7.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 14%
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
56% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns: 21%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 140 to 2,582 people, the 7th oldest
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.
Around Orriule, 1 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orriule | 54.8 | 38% | 5.7% | 4.2% |
| Salies-de-Béarn 4,742 · 5.8 mi | 57.6 | 38% | 14% | 8.7% |
| Orthez 10,881 · 6.8 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 2.9% | 7.7% |
| Mourenx 5,695 · 11.6 mi | 51 | 29% | 0.4% | 15% |
| Mauléon-Licharre 2,972 · 12.7 mi | 52.4 | 35% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Artix 3,477 · 14.2 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.1% | 8.7% |
| Monein 4,446 · 15.1 mi | 50 | 26% | 3.7% | 4% |
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 Orriule
What is the population of Orriule?
140 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (155).
How old are Orriule’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orriule?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orriule?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orriule?
€24,780 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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