Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.8%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (29%), Gourvieille is above 96% of compared French towns. Flats are rarer here than in 89% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 68 residents locally, living in 34 households. 5.7% of households have no car, or about one in 18.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Gourvieille
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gourvieille, 18% of its 44 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Gourvieille’s residents are under 52.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Gourvieille had 58 residents at the 2012 census and 68 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
18% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% of compared French towns
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
In the last two years, 2.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 14% have stayed 30 years or more. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. With empty homes at 4.5%, Gourvieille is behind just over four fifths of compared French towns on that count.
A growing town: +17% since 2012, faster than 86% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +31%, and from 2017 to 2023 −11%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%.
Gourvieille is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gourvieille 52.3. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 83% 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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Gourvieille.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 71% of compared French towns: 29%
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
On the census count, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. To put it in context, 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).
Gourvieille sits below 83% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.9%)
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Gourvieille has 2.9%. The wider picture: 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.
Single residents: 17%, a lower share than 99% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Gourvieille comes in at 47%. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 79% 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 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Gourvieille 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gourvieille | 52.3 | 25% | 18% | 2.9% |
| Villefranche-de-Lauragais 5,072 · 5.6 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 1.8% | 5% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 8.2 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Nailloux 4,211 · 8.3 mi | 37.7 | 14% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 8.6 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Ayguesvives 2,812 · 11.7 mi | 42.5 | 15% | 1% | 3.7% |
| Baziège 3,583 · 11.9 mi | 41 | 18% | 1.3% | 4.1% |
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 Gourvieille
What is the population of Gourvieille?
68 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (58).
How old are Gourvieille’s residents?
The median age is 52.3, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gourvieille?
8, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gourvieille?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.9%). 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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