A median age of 54.2: Eauze is older than 93% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Eauze has 5.5%. This Gers town is home to 4,108 residents in 1,980 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that 8.4% of homes are second homes here. 7% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 90% of compared French towns.
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 Eauze
Immigrants
INSEE counts 800 immigrants in Eauze (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 20% of residents, against 7.9% for the median compared commune in Gers. 19% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Eauze’s residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 320 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 53% 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 change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, +5%.
In Eauze, 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Eauze 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (33%), Eauze is above 92% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 79% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 people share a household. Few places have as many one-person households: 39% here, more than in 65% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Eauze: 13% of homes stand empty, above 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
One household in 10 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. On the census count, nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM). Eauze has fewer flats than just over two thirds of compared French towns, at 20%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,110 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.
At €22,110 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Some 22.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns, at 45%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Eauze has 18%. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
20% of residents are immigrants, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 share of foreign nationals tops 96% of compared French towns: 19%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 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.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 69% 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
By its share of single residents (23%), Eauze is below two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
In Eauze, 30% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 91% 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: 21%, below 82% of compared French towns. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,075 to 4,141 people), the 3rd 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.
Ages run from 35.6 in Survilliers to 63.6 in Loctudy.
Eauze 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eauze | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 12.3 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
| Condom 6,473 · 15.1 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 5% | 17% |
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 Eauze
What is the population of Eauze?
4,108 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (3,949).
How old are Eauze’s residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Eauze?
210, with occasional dwellings: 8.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Eauze?
INSEE counts 830 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 20% of residents, and 790 foreign nationals (19%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Eauze?
€22,110 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 22.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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