5.4% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Barran has 6.5%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 692, in 330 households. Here, 4.2% of households have no car. On empty homes, Barran sits higher than nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 10%.
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.
Barran changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 66% 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
The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gers town ±0%.
Barran is older than 67% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Barran 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 25% of residents are 65 or over in Barran.
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%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 74% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Barran has fewer couples with children than just over three fifths of compared French towns, at 23%. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 34% of households are one person living alone here.
Second homes make up 10% in Barran, more than in 88% 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
6.2% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,100 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,100 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 77% of compared French towns: 5.9%
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 28%, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 9.4% of 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).
4.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 73% 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 73% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, below 82% 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 Barran, the census puts married residents at 43%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 65% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 32%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th 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).
Every neighbor is older than Barran
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barran | 46.5 | 25% | 10% | 4.1% |
| Pavie 2,566 · 7.3 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
| Auch 22,428 · 7.4 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 7.6 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 11.9 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
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 Barran
What is the population of Barran?
692 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (685).
How old are Barran’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 67% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Barran?
41, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Barran?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Barran?
€24,100 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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