Only 3.4% of homes are flats in Goutrens
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Goutrens, 4.3%. Here, 2.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Half of the town’s residents are over 50.4, older than in 84% of compared French towns. The town counted 492 residents and 220 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Goutrens
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 60 second homes and occasional dwellings in Goutrens, 20% of its 300 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Goutrens: 20% of homes are second homes, above 93% 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
Of all households, 6.6% moved in during the last two years and 26% have stayed three decades or more. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Lower than in 85% of compared French towns: 5.4% of households have no car. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 7.6%.
Goutrens’s population moved −2% on 2012, less than in 79% 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
Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 72% of compared French towns: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Goutrens 50.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Goutrens. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Goutrens sits below 77% of compared French towns for one-person households (30%)
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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. About one in four: that is how common couples with children are in Goutrens (25%).
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,620 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.
Living standards centre on €27,620 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
In Goutrens, 4.5% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 97% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 71% of compared French towns: 6.6%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Goutrens ranks below 73% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4%
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 Goutrens, 2.9% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 69% of compared French towns: 45%
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
Single residents: 23%, below two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 9.4% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 13th oldest of 41 French towns of 492 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Goutrens is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goutrens | 50.4 | 26% | 20% | 4% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 8 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 8.6 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 10.2 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 11.5 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 11.6 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 11.7 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
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 Goutrens
What is the population of Goutrens?
492 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (504).
How old are Goutrens’ residents?
The median age is 50.4, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Goutrens?
60, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Goutrens?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Goutrens?
€27,620 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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