Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Biran is over 53.4
Here 14% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. 379 residents in 180 households: that is Biran at the 2023 Census. In Biran, nearly one in ten homes are second homes. Fewer households without a car than in 95% of compared French towns: 3.9%.
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 Biran
An older town
Half of Biran’s residents are under 53.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−3% since 2012: slower than 81% 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 −1%, then −2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Gers town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 5.2% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Biran 53.4. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
Fewer one-person households than 83% of compared French towns: 29%
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: 2.1 people. Lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 20% of households are couples with children. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% 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
3.1% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of households in social housing in the typical compared French town is 12%. Empty homes come to 11% in Biran, about one in ten.
€26,930 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €26,930 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Biran sits below 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (2.9%)
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
Two in five households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are common here: 14%, more than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 63% 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 account for 4.5%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 98% 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
49% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Biran ranks below 72% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 379 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th oldest
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).
Biran sits below 2 of its 5 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biran | 53.4 | 28% | 8.5% | 5% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 6.9 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
| Auch 22,428 · 9.5 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Pavie 2,566 · 10.8 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 12.6 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Fleurance 6,247 · 15.9 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 4.5% | 6.9% |
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 Biran
What is the population of Biran?
379 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (391).
How old are Biran’s residents?
The median age is 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Biran?
19, with occasional dwellings: 8.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Biran?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Biran?
€26,930 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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