Avensac ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 29%
Empty homes make up 2.5%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. About one in six: that is how common single-parent households are in Avensac (17%). Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Gers town had 73 residents in 33 households at the 2023 census.
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 Avensac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Avensac, 29% of its 49 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Avensac (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 7.9% for the median compared commune in Gers. 11% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 3% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 18%.
Faster growth than 76% of compared French towns: Avensac changed by +12% since 2012
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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gers town ±0%.
Half of Avensac is over 49.2, older than 80% 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
■ Avensac 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Still, fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 69% of compared French towns: 9.7%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 17% in Avensac, less than in 86% 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 Gers median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. At 33%, the share of one-person households is lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns.
Above 55% of compared French towns: 33% of households are headed by a retired person
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 32% 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).
Avensac ranks above 91% of compared French towns on immigrants: 18%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are foreign nationals in Avensac. 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.
Avensac ranks above 58% of compared French towns on married residents: 44%
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
Put another way, about one in four: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 5.5%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 42%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Avensac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avensac | 49.2 | 28% | 29% | 18% |
| Beaumont-de-Lomagne 3,824 · 5.7 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 3.6% | 6.1% |
| Fleurance 6,247 · 12.3 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 4.5% | 6.9% |
| Gimont 3,146 · 14.4 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 2.9% | 4.6% |
| Lectoure 3,670 · 15.2 mi | 55.4 | 36% | 16% | 8.4% |
| Verdun-sur-Garonne 4,961 · 16.5 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.8% | 7.4% |
| L'Isle-Jourdain 9,537 · 17.7 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
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 Avensac
What is the population of Avensac?
73 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (65).
How old are Avensac’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avensac?
14, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avensac?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (11%). 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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