A larger share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 27%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 168 people lived in Esplas-de-Sérou, in 89 households. Census figures put flats at 4.4% here. Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Esplas-de-Sérou has 5.8%.
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 Esplas-de-Sérou
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Esplas-de-Sérou, 27% of its 140 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Esplas-de-Sérou’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 55% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 13% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 5.5% of households have no car in Esplas-de-Sérou
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
Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%. 16% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.8% moved in within the last two years. Empty homes are rarer here than in 51% of compared French towns.
Esplas-de-Sérou changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 62% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +10%; 2017 to 2023, −8%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ariège town +2%.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 18% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Esplas-de-Sérou 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Esplas-de-Sérou’s residents are over 47.2, older than in 70% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Esplas-de-Sérou, 50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% 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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are single parents here. Just over a fifth of households are couples with children. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A median of €17,130 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.
Half of residents live in households above €17,130 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 17%, a lower share than 98% 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
5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 11% in Esplas-de-Sérou.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Esplas-de-Sérou: 8.8% of residents are foreign nationals, above 77% 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 share of immigrants is 9.9%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 70% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 27%
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
34% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
4.4% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 48% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 168 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).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Esplas-de-Sérou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esplas-de-Sérou | 47.2 | 18% | 27% | 9.9% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 10.9 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 6.7% | 9.1% |
| Foix 9,934 · 12.6 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 14.5 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 15.2 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 15.4 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 16.2 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
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 Esplas-de-Sérou
What is the population of Esplas-de-Sérou?
168 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (165).
How old are Esplas-de-Sérou’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Esplas-de-Sérou?
37, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Esplas-de-Sérou?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.9% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (8.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Esplas-de-Sérou?
€17,130 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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