Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Duffort is over 57.6
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Duffort, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 25%. Its 61 households held 121 residents at the 2023 Census. In Duffort, nearly one in ten homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
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 Duffort
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Duffort, 14% of its 79 homes: higher than in 90% 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 Duffort’s residents are under 57.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Duffort had 138 residents at the 2012 census and 121 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Duffort (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 7.9% for the median compared commune in Gers. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 14%
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
In the last two years, 6.6% of households moved in; at the other end, 28% have stayed 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−12% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −14%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gers town ±0%.
36% of residents are 65 or over, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Duffort 57.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Duffort, 7.4%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 17%, a lower share than 86% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In Duffort, a third of households are one person living alone.
25% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 83% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Duffort, 17% of residents are immigrants, more than in 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.
15% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
Duffort ranks below 89% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
Here 45% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns: 19%
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
In Duffort, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 121 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).
Duffort is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duffort | 57.6 | 36% | 14% | 17% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 12 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 15.3 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Aureilhan 8,031 · 17.4 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 1.2% | 7.5% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 17.5 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
| Barbazan-Debat 3,478 · 17.9 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 2% | 5.6% |
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 Duffort
What is the population of Duffort?
121 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (138).
How old are Duffort’s residents?
The median age is 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Duffort?
11, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Duffort?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (15%). 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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