Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Fustérouau is over 58.2
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 1.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Fustérouau. 23% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in four. Few places have so few empty homes: 3.9% here, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 125 residents here, living in 63 households.
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 Fustérouau
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fustérouau, 13% of its 75 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 Fustérouau’s residents are under 58.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats make up 4.2% in Fustérouau, less than in 97% 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
Without a car: one household in 15, against 11% in the median compared French town. 13% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats. Across Fustérouau, 6.7% of households have no car.
Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 79% 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 +5%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%.
5.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Fustérouau 58.2. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 32% in Fustérouau. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children make up 15% in Fustérouau, less than in 90% 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: 7.7%, below 83% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households stands at 38%.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 23% of households are headed by a manual worker
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. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Fustérouau, 8.3% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 76% 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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Fustérouau has 8.3%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 89% 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 share of married residents is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 82% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Fustérouau. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (125 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Fustérouau
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fustérouau | 58.2 | 32% | 13% | 8.3% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 12.8 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 13.4 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 15.7 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
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 Fustérouau
What is the population of Fustérouau?
125 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (128).
How old are Fustérouau’s residents?
The median age is 58.2, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fustérouau?
10, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fustérouau?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (8.3%). 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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