Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.5%
With a median age of 49.7, Esclassan-Labastide is older than just over four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 335 residents in 160 households. Locally, 3.6% of households have no car. By its share of single-parent households (6.7%), Esclassan-Labastide is below 92% 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 Esclassan-Labastide
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Esclassan-Labastide, 14% of its 190 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Esclassan-Labastide had 360 residents at the 2012 census and 335 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Esclassan-Labastide, 1.2% of homes stand empty, 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
Of all households, 6.4% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 14%, more than in 90% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −7% since 2012, behind 93% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Gers town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 82% 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
■ Esclassan-Labastide 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Esclassan-Labastide comes in at 9.3%. 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 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 29% in Esclassan-Labastide, less than in 82% 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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. On couples with children, Esclassan-Labastide sits lower than 70% of compared French towns: 21%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,300 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 €25,300 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
In Esclassan-Labastide, 6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 74% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Esclassan-Labastide has 36%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Esclassan-Labastide ranks below 80% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.2%
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.
2.3% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Set beside 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.
Married residents make up 48% in Esclassan-Labastide, more than in 81% 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
The figure for single residents is 24% in Esclassan-Labastide and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 72% of compared French towns: 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
With graduates of higher education at 28%, Esclassan-Labastide is behind 56% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (335 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Esclassan-Labastide sits below 2 of its 3 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Esclassan-Labastide
What is the population of Esclassan-Labastide?
335 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (360).
How old are Esclassan-Labastide’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Esclassan-Labastide?
25, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Esclassan-Labastide?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Esclassan-Labastide?
€25,300 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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