Half of Gourbit is over 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns
The share of couples with children trails 99% of compared French towns: 10%. Few places have so few empty homes: 2.7% here, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Gourbit’s population at 82, in 47 households. On the census count, 3.7% of homes are flats.
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 Gourbit
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gourbit, 72% of its 190 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Gourbit’s residents are under 60.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gourbit had 95 residents at the 2012 census and 82 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Gourbit’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 43% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 72% of homes are second 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
One household in 16 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. On the census count, 2.1% of households rent social housing (HLM). Fewer households without a car than in 78% of compared French towns: 6.4%.
A −14% change since 2012: 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ariège town +2%. The change was −20% from 2012 to 2017 and +8% from 2017 to 2023.
43% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gourbit 60.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns, at 50%
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
Each household has 1.7 people on average. At 10%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in half of compared French towns. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 40%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (10%), Gourbit is below 77% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly a third 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).
Fewer immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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 Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 83: 1.2% of 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.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, below 71% 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 share of single residents stands at 26%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 40% and 5.5%, and 5.5% are widowed.
Gourbit ranks below 95% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 10%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Gourbit has 36%. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 82 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Gourbit
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gourbit | 60.5 | 43% | 72% | 1.2% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 3.6 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Foix 9,934 · 9.2 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 15.1 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 17.2 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 17.5 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
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 Gourbit
What is the population of Gourbit?
82 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (95).
How old are Gourbit’s residents?
The median age is 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gourbit?
140, with occasional dwellings: 72% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gourbit?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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