In Geay, 2.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Geay comes in at 45%. This Deux-Sèvres town is home to 338 residents in 160 households, by the 2023 Census. Roughly three in ten: 29% of households are one person living alone. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 95% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Geay
Empty homes
The census found 22 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.
−2% since 2012: slower than 78% 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
Over those years, the median Deux-Sèvres town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −9%, then +8% to 2023.
Geay is younger than 65% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Geay 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In Geay, 20% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24: 12% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 77% of compared French towns: 19%
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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On single-parent households, 9.7% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
In Geay, 12% of homes stand empty, more than in 88% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. About one in 26: that is how common second homes are in Geay (3.8%).
At the median, €22,730 a year to live on
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 Geay’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,730 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Geay sits above 81% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (19%)
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1.8% of residents are immigrants
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Geay has 1.8%. To put it in context, 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.
Married residents: 49%, a higher share than 86% 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 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Geay comes in at 21%. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 95% of compared French towns: 16%
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Geay (19%). To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (338 to 2,582 people), the 9th youngest
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 young as Geay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geay | 42.1 | 20% | 3.8% | 1.8% |
| Bressuire 19,970 · 7.6 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
| Argentonnay 3,234 · 8 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 7.2% | 3.7% |
| Thouars 13,891 · 9 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 2.5% | 6.5% |
| Airvault 3,306 · 9.4 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
| Nueil-les-Aubiers 5,483 · 13 mi | 45 | 23% | 2.6% | 8.3% |
| Loretz-d'Argenton 2,575 · 13.3 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 5.8% | 2.9% |
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 Geay
What is the population of Geay?
338 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (345).
How old are Geay’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Geay?
7, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Geay?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Geay?
€22,730 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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