A higher share of empty homes than 98% of compared French towns, at 17%
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 7.9% in Gimont. The town had 3,146 residents in 1,410 households at the 2023 Census. Households in social housing: 5.2% of the total. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 20%, fewer than in two thirds 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 Gimont
Empty homes
The census found 300 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+12% since 2012, a pace 74% of compared French towns didn’t match
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: +8% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 80% 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
■ Gimont 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Gimont is 47.9, higher than in 74% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Single-parent households: 12%, a higher share than 77% 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
Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). Few places have as many one-person households: 36% here, more than in 54% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people.
A town of second homes: 2.9% of its homes
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
16% of households arrived within the last two years, while 22% have stayed 30 years or more. Households without a car are more common here than in 51% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
€25,490 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 €25,490 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 13.0% of residents.
In Gimont, 35% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 63% 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
For Gimont, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 15%. More households headed by a manager or professional than in 54% of compared French towns: 10%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Gimont sits below 72% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (2.5%)
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.
4.6% of residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). That is lower than in 67% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 make up 22% in Gimont, less than in 82% 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
Married residents make up 38%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Gimont sits above 76% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (25%)
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
For Gimont, the census puts graduates of higher education at 30%. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 17th youngest of 41 French towns of 3,122 to 3,169 people
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 Longperrier (33.7), the oldest La Tranche-sur-Mer (64.6).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Gimont
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gimont | 47.9 | 28% | 2.9% | 4.6% |
| Samatan 2,517 · 9.3 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 7.3% | 3.1% |
| L'Isle-Jourdain 9,537 · 10.6 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
| Pavie 2,566 · 14.4 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
| Auch 22,428 · 14.5 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Fontenilles 5,906 · 16.7 mi | 40.1 | 12% | 1.2% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Lys 9,892 · 17.3 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
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 Gimont
What is the population of Gimont?
3,146 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (2,820).
How old are Gimont’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gimont?
51, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gimont?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 78 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gimont?
€25,490 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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