A median age of 53.9: Aussillon is older than 92% of compared French towns
With households headed by a retired person at 49%, Aussillon is ahead of 96% of compared French towns on that count. This Tarn town is home to 5,527 residents in 2,610 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in five: that is how common couples with children are in Aussillon (20%). On households without a car, Aussillon sits higher than nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 14%.
Throughout this page, the Tarn 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 Aussillon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Aussillon had 6,167 residents at the 2012 census and 5,527 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Aussillon’s residents are under 53.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 900 immigrants in Aussillon (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Tarn. 11% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 97% of compared French towns: Aussillon changed by −10% since 2012
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 Tarn town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −4% and the next six −6%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 95% of compared French towns: 36%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aussillon 53.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Aussillon sits above 65% of compared French towns for one-person households (39%)
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 Tarn median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.4%, fewer than in 60% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of flats than 77% of compared French towns: 15%
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 seven has no car (median compared French town: 11%). More empty homes than in 68% of compared French towns: 8.5%. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%. Across Aussillon, 14% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Half of residents have a standard of living above €21,290 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 midpoint of living standards here is €21,290 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 92% of compared French towns. 25.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns, at 3.8%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Aussillon. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 15% in Aussillon, more than in 86% 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.
Foreign nationals: 11% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 49% of residents 15 and over are married
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 (22%), Aussillon is below four fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Aussillon sits above 95% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (32%)
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 Aussillon, nearly a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 3rd oldest 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.
The youngest is Ollainville (36.5), the oldest Penmarch (60.8).
Aussillon is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aussillon | 53.9 | 36% | 2.9% | 15% |
| Mazamet 10,085 · 1.1 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 7% | 8.5% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 1.5 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Pont-de-Larn 2,947 · 1.8 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 5.4 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Castres 42,505 · 9.3 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 3% | 8.9% |
| Saïx 3,748 · 11 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
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 Aussillon
What is the population of Aussillon?
5,527 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (6,167).
How old are Aussillon’s residents?
The median age is 53.9, older than 92% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aussillon?
84, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aussillon?
INSEE counts 850 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 590 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aussillon?
€21,290 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.0% 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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