Ansan is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.3
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Ansan is home to 75 residents in 39 households, by the 2023 Census. For Ansan, the census puts empty homes at 3.4%. Here 44% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Throughout this page, the Gers 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 Ansan
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ansan, 15% of its 48 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ansan had 94 residents at the 2012 census and 75 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Ansan’s residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 97% of compared French towns, at 4%
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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 15% of homes are second homes in Ansan. On average, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 7.3%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Ansan: −20%
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 change was −17%; from 2017 to 2023, −4%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gers town ±0%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 29% in Ansan, more than in 84% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ansan 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 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
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 64% of compared French towns: 22%
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 Gers median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 1.9 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Households headed by a retired person make up 56% in Ansan, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.3% of residents are immigrants, below 98% 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Ansan, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 77% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 39% in Ansan. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 88% of compared French towns: 12%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th 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).
Ansan is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Ansan
What is the population of Ansan?
75 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (94).
How old are Ansan’s residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ansan?
7, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ansan?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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