Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.4% of homes are flats
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.3% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 2.6% in Aveluy. Higher than in 93% of compared French towns: 23% of households are headed by a manual worker. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 540, in 230 households.
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.
+6% since 2012, a pace 54% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 Somme town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six +3%.
Aveluy is younger than 61% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aveluy 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
For Aveluy, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 24% of households are one person living alone
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
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Aveluy, 6.8%. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Here, just over a quarter of households are couples with children.
A town of second homes: 4.3% of its homes
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. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly one in ten homes stand empty in Aveluy.
The median resident lives on €26,220 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,220 a year: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
In Aveluy, 37% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 74% 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
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Aveluy, 13%. As a reference point, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
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.
The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Aveluy has 0.5%.
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 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Married residents: 47% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. On average, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 73% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Adults with no qualification: 15% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 540 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Aveluy: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aveluy | 42.6 | 22% | 4.3% | 0.5% |
| Albert 9,521 · 1.7 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Bapaume 3,779 · 10.3 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Corbie 5,982 · 10.3 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 12.4 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 13.9 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 14.5 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 Aveluy
What is the population of Aveluy?
540 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (511).
How old are Aveluy’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aveluy?
11, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aveluy?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aveluy?
€26,220 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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