In Gimbrède, 2.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
By its share of one-person households (26%), Gimbrède is below 92% of compared French towns. The median age locally is 50.5, higher than in 85% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Gimbrède was home to 295 people in 120 households. Households headed by a retired person account for 45%.
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 Gimbrède
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 29 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gimbrède, 18% of its 160 homes: higher than in 92% 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
Gimbrède had 317 residents at the 2012 census and 295 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.
Gimbrède sits below 98% of compared French towns for flats (3.4%)
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 18% of homes are second homes. Empty homes: 4.7% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 93% of compared French towns: Gimbrède changed by −7% since 2012
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
The median Gers town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −11% and the next six +4%.
In Gimbrède, 8.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 92% 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
■ Gimbrède 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 26% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 7.8% of households are single parents
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are couples with children here. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
A median of €23,780 a year per consumption unit
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 Gimbrède’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,780 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Gimbrède sits below 64% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (12%)
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 7.6%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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).
5.8% of residents in Gimbrède are immigrants
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 lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 17: 5.8% of residents are immigrants. 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals, about the same as 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.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 84% 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 tops 82% of compared French towns: 48%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 68% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Gimbrède has 27%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 295 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Gimbrède
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gimbrède | 50.5 | 26% | 18% | 5.8% |
| Layrac 4,010 · 7 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Lectoure 3,670 · 8.4 mi | 55.4 | 36% | 16% | 8.4% |
| Valence 5,289 · 9.9 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Boé 5,846 · 10.2 mi | 43 | 22% | 0.6% | 8.1% |
| Bon-Encontre 6,530 · 11.4 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 8% |
| Le Passage 9,326 · 12.1 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.1% | 7.2% |
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 Gimbrède
What is the population of Gimbrède?
295 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (317).
How old are Gimbrède’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gimbrède?
29, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gimbrède?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gimbrède?
€23,780 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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