A larger share of couples with children than 98% of compared French towns: 39%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Gouillons’s 130 households held 335 residents at the 2023 Census. Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten households are headed by a retired person. Second homes: 6.6% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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 Gouillons
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 15% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Gouillons has changed by ±0%, slower than 68% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Eure-et-Loir.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gouillons 39.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Gouillons’s residents are under 39.2, younger than in 83% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24: 12% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 15%, a higher share than 96% 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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Gouillons, 27% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.5 people each.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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
Turnover: 1.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 17% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Few places have so few households without a car: 3.8% here, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns. Here 5.3% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
A median standard of living of €26,330 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,330 a year: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns: 27%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Gouillons has 7.7%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.2% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 50% 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 stands at 6.6%. That is higher than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Eure-et-Loir has 7.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Gouillons: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 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
For Gouillons, the census puts single residents at 26%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 25% in Gouillons, less than in 69% 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
The census found that 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in Gouillons. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (335 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Gouillons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gouillons | 39.2 | 14% | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| Angerville 4,428 · 7.8 mi | 38.7 | 15% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien 6,419 · 9.7 mi | 39.1 | 16% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Toury 2,640 · 11.1 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 3.2% | 8.8% |
| Les Villages Vovéens 4,009 · 11.5 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 5.8% | 4.3% |
| Le Mérévillois 3,477 · 11.6 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 7.4% | 7.6% |
| Ablis 3,913 · 11.9 mi | 37.9 | 13% | 2.1% | 10% |
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 Gouillons
What is the population of Gouillons?
335 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (334).
How old are Gouillons’ residents?
The median age is 39.2, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gouillons?
10, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gouillons?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gouillons?
€26,330 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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