A median age of 37: Autheux is younger than 91% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 120 residents and 49 households in Autheux. Two in five households are headed by a retired person. Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Autheux has 9.5%.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Autheux
A young town
Half of Autheux’s residents are under 37 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 23% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 8 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 85% of compared French towns grew faster than Autheux: −4%
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 Somme town −3%.
9.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 79% 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
■ Autheux 37. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Autheux. By way of comparison, 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: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are couples with children, more than in 75% 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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.5 people share a household. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Autheux has fewer one-person households than 77% of compared French towns, at 30%. At 10%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Autheux sits above 91% of compared French towns for empty homes (13%)
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 eight has no car (median compared French town: 11%). As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 29% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.1% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €22,150 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,150 a year: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
In Autheux, 30% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
About one in ten: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Autheux (10%). The usual figure: 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns, at 1.7%
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 Autheux, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 67% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Here just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 23% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (22%), Autheux is above 65% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 120 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.
The youngest is Autheux (37), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Autheux is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autheux | 37 | 23% | 9.5% | 1.7% |
| Doullens 5,751 · 5.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.9% | 4.1% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 7.9 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 9.5 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 11.1 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Ailly-sur-Somme 3,003 · 15.1 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 17 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
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 Autheux
What is the population of Autheux?
120 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (125).
How old are Autheux’s residents?
The median age is 37, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Autheux?
6, with occasional dwellings: 9.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Autheux?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Autheux?
€22,150 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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