A higher share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 15%
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 9.4% of homes are second homes in Apt. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 30% here, more than in 86% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 10,143 residents in 5,070 households. In Apt, a fifth of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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 Apt
Fewer residents than in 2012
Apt had 11,979 residents at the 2012 census and 10,143 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 1,020 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Apt changed by −15% 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
In two steps, −5% to 2017 and −11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Vaucluse.
A median age of 49.6: Apt is older than 81% 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
■ Apt 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 9.9% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 46% 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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. 19% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 77% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 9.9%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
52% of homes are flats, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Without a car: one household in five, against 11% in the median compared French town. Flats: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In Apt, 15% of households rent social housing (HLM).
€21,060 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Half of residents live in households above €21,060 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 93% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 29.0% of residents.
39% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Apt has 6%. Here, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Against that, 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).
Apt: 14% of residents are immigrants, above 84% 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.
The median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 84% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, one in ten residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 27%, a higher share than 62% 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
The figure for married residents is 42% in Apt and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Apt ranks above 77% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 25%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Apt. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 9,983 to 10,326 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.
Ages run from 33.5 in Serris to 51.2 in Mazamet.
Of the 6 towns nearest Apt, 3 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apt | 49.6 | 30% | 9.4% | 14% |
| Gargas 3,035 · 2.5 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 3,004 · 4.3 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 31% | 6.5% |
| Lauris 3,921 · 9.8 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 13% | 5.7% |
| Cadenet 4,363 · 10.1 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Villelaure 3,398 · 11.8 mi | 45 | 19% | 4.1% | 3.6% |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron 5,459 · 12.1 mi | 45 | 22% | 3% | 10% |
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 Apt
What is the population of Apt?
10,143 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (11,979).
How old are Apt’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Apt?
630, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Apt?
INSEE counts 1,440 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 1,030 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Apt?
€21,060 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 29.0% 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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