67% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Authuille has 1.3%. There were 73 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 154 residents. Across Authuille, 1.2% of homes are flats. At 4.2%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
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 Authuille
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Authuille, 13% of its 86 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 90% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Authuille had 168 residents at the 2012 census and 154 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Authuille’s residents are under 52.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% of compared French towns
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 36%.
−8% since 2012: slower than 95% 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 −3% for the median Somme town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
Authuille is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Authuille 52.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.9% of residents are 15 to 24 here. 28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 79% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Authuille, 6.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 92% 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
The average household has 2.1 people. Authuille has fewer couples with children than 74% of compared French towns, at 20%. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. The share of one-person households is 33%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €24,230 a year to live on
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 Authuille is €24,230 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 71% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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
In Authuille, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.7% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 52%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
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
By its share of single residents (23%), Authuille is below 70% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns: 20%
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
In Authuille, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (154 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Authuille
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authuille | 52.3 | 28% | 13% | 0.7% |
| Albert 9,521 · 3.1 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Bapaume 3,779 · 9.2 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Corbie 5,982 · 11.6 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 13.7 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 14.1 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 15.8 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
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 Authuille
What is the population of Authuille?
154 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (168).
How old are Authuille’s residents?
The median age is 52.3, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Authuille?
11, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Authuille?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Authuille?
€24,230 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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