A median age of 57: Bajonnette is older than 96% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Bajonnette’s 50 households held 104 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Bajonnette, a fifth of households are headed by a retired person. 5% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%.
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 Bajonnette
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bajonnette, 13% of its 62 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 75% 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 Bajonnette’s residents are under 57 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 4.2% of households arrived within the last two years, while 40% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes make up 6.5%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 66% of compared French towns grew faster than Bajonnette: +1%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Gers town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bajonnette 57. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Bajonnette: 30% of households are couples with children, above 75% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Fewer one-person households than in 77% of compared French towns: 30%. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
10% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 53% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% 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 91% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 89% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Bajonnette. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 20% in Bajonnette, more than in 57% 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
29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Bajonnette
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 Bajonnette
What is the population of Bajonnette?
104 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (103).
How old are Bajonnette’s residents?
The median age is 57, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bajonnette?
8, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bajonnette?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% 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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