Half of Estampes is over 61.2, older than 99% of compared French towns
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, nearly three in five households are headed by a retired person in Estampes. The 2023 Census counted 162 residents in 81 households. Flats: 0.9% of the total. More empty homes than in 82% of compared French towns: 11%.
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 Estampes
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Estampes, 18% of its 110 homes: higher than in 93% 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 Estampes’ residents are under 61.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Estampes: 18% of homes are second homes, above 93% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 36% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 3.7% (under two years). In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Estampes has 7.4%.
−2% since 2012: slower than 77% 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 −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gers town ±0%.
Estampes: 41% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% 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
■ Estampes 61.2. The median compared French town: 44.
1.2% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Estampes ranks below 59% of compared French towns on couples with children: 24%
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. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2 people on average. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 35%.
€21,930 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.
At €21,930 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
12% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 65% 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, 14% 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).
More foreign nationals than 83% of compared French towns: 10%
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.
Immigrants make up 12%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 13%, a lower share than 99% 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
With married residents at 57%, Estampes is ahead of 99% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 93% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Estampes comes in at 26%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 162 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Estampes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estampes | 61.2 | 41% | 18% | 12% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 10.2 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 4,845 · 11.2 mi | 55.9 | 37% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Aureilhan 8,031 · 14 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 1.2% | 7.5% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 14.6 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
| Bordères-sur-l'Échez 5,399 · 15.1 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 0.8% | 6% |
| Tarbes 44,399 · 15.5 mi | 39.9 | 23% | 2.2% | 12% |
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 Estampes
What is the population of Estampes?
162 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (165).
How old are Estampes’ residents?
The median age is 61.2, older than 99% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Estampes?
21, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Estampes?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Estampes?
€21,930 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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