A smaller share of flats than 94% of compared French towns: 5.9%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Escosse, 8.4% of households are headed by a manual worker. The town had 356 residents in 180 households at the 2023 census. The share of couples with children is 19%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Escosse
Fewer residents than in 2012
Escosse had 422 residents at the 2012 census and 356 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 28 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Escosse changed by −16% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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 +2% for the median Ariège town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then −15% to 2023.
A median age of 48.5: Escosse is older than 77% 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
■ Escosse 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a quarter of Escosse’s residents are 65 or older, against 27% in the median Ariège town and 22% in the median compared French town; 20% are under 18. The census found that nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Escosse ranks above 74% of compared French towns on one-person households: 41%
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over one in ten households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
A larger share of empty homes than 90% of compared French towns: 12%
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 13 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.5% of homes are second homes in Escosse. Fewer households without a car than in two thirds of compared French towns: 8%.
A typical living standard of €22,770 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 median standard of living in Escosse is €22,770 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 82% of compared French towns, at 39%
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 Escosse, 6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 7.3% of Escosse’s residents
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.
Put another way, about one in 14: 7.3% of residents are immigrants. That is higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. 4.6% of residents are foreign nationals, about the same as 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.
In Escosse, 24% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 64% 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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Escosse. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns
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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 356 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Escosse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escosse | 48.5 | 26% | 6.5% | 7.3% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 3.4 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 4.7 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 5.6 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 6.7 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 7.7 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 10.7 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 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 Escosse
What is the population of Escosse?
356 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (422).
How old are Escosse’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Escosse?
14, with occasional dwellings: 6.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Escosse?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Escosse?
€22,770 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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