In Cuélas, 45% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 4.8% in Cuélas and 11% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few empty homes: 3.7% here, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. There were 49 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 127 residents. 5.6% of its homes are second homes; 2.4% of residents are immigrants.
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 Cuélas
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Cuélas had 108 residents at the 2012 census and 127 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.
Since 2012, Cuélas has grown +18%, faster than 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gers town ±0%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +15%; 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Cuélas is older than 81% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cuélas 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Cuélas, 28%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 18% in Cuélas, less than in 99% 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
A household here holds 2.6 people on average. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.9% of homes are flats
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 that moved in under two years ago: 6.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 46%.
€20,100 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €20,100 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 85% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker in Cuélas. Households headed by a retired person: 27% of the total. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.4% of residents are immigrants, below 88% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.4% of residents are foreign nationals in Cuélas. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 94% 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
Married residents: 42% of the total. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
29% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 89% 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
With graduates of higher education at 23%, Cuélas is behind just over three quarters of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 127 to 2,582 people
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.
No nearby town is as young as Cuélas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuélas | 49.5 | 28% | 5.6% | 2.4% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 11.5 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 16.3 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
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 Cuélas
What is the population of Cuélas?
127 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (108).
How old are Cuélas’ residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cuélas?
3, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cuélas?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cuélas?
€20,100 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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