2% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 1% of households rent social housing (HLM). A fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 83% of compared French towns. Faget-Abbatial is home to 212 residents in 100 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Faget-Abbatial
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Faget-Abbatial, 11% of its 120 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 94% 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
Faget-Abbatial had 227 residents at the 2012 census and 212 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Faget-Abbatial’s residents are under 51.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faget-Abbatial ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.7%
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 typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Faget-Abbatial has 11%. Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.1%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%. At 6.9%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 92% of compared French towns grew faster than Faget-Abbatial: −7%
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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gers town ±0%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −4%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
35% of residents are 65 or over, a share 94% 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
■ Faget-Abbatial 51.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Faget-Abbatial’s residents are over 51.2, older than in 87% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
5% of households are single parents, fewer 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
By its share of one-person households (30%), Faget-Abbatial is below 77% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people. Couples with children are more common here than in 75% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €22,080 a year in 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.
Half of Faget-Abbatial’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,080 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 64% of compared French towns, at 30%
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. For comparison, 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).
Foreign nationals: 7.7%, a higher share than 73% 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.
The median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.7% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 58% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
On married residents, Faget-Abbatial sits lower than 57% of compared French towns: 42%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 88% of compared French towns: 12%
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 32%, Faget-Abbatial is ahead of 58% 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.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 212 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Faget-Abbatial, 2 of 5 towns have a higher 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 Faget-Abbatial
What is the population of Faget-Abbatial?
212 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (227).
How old are Faget-Abbatial’s residents?
The median age is 51.2, older than 87% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Faget-Abbatial?
13, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Faget-Abbatial?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (7.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Faget-Abbatial?
€22,080 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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