A town of second homes: 31% of its homes
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 40 households in Avezan at the 2023 Census, home to 86 residents. In Avezan, 3.2% of homes are flats. By its share of single-parent households (13%), Avezan is above 83% of compared French towns.
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 Avezan
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Avezan, 31% of its 62 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Avezan’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Avezan had 73 residents at the 2012 census and 86 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 4.9% of homes stand empty
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Growth of +18% since 2012 puts Avezan ahead of 87% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +47%, then −20% to 2023. Over those years, the median Gers town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Avezan is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Avezan 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Avezan comes in at 28%. Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% in the town, about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Avezan ranks above 60% of compared French towns on one-person households: 38%
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Avezan sits lower than 51% of compared French towns: 25%.
Households headed by a retired person: 38%, a higher share than 76% 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
In Avezan, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On average, nearly a third 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).
4.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 67% 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 median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 67% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Census figures put foreign nationals at 3.4% in Avezan.
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 98% of compared French towns: 53%
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% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 70% 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
Here, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 86 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 4 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Avezan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avezan | 53.2 | 28% | 31% | 4.6% |
| Fleurance 6,247 · 7.5 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 4.5% | 6.9% |
| Lectoure 3,670 · 9.1 mi | 55.4 | 36% | 16% | 8.4% |
| Beaumont-de-Lomagne 3,824 · 9.6 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 3.6% | 6.1% |
| Valence 5,289 · 16.7 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 3.8% | 14% |
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 Avezan
What is the population of Avezan?
86 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (73).
How old are Avezan’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avezan?
19, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avezan?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (3.4%). 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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