Homps is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.4
Here 2% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 20%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 109 residents and 56 households in Homps.
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 Homps
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Homps, 15% of its 73 homes: higher than in 91% 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 Homps’ residents are under 55.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 15% of homes are second 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
Turnover: 8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 30% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats: 9.2%, below 88% of compared French towns.
Slower growth than 70% of compared French towns: Homps changed by ±0% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gers town ±0%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 6% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Homps 55.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Homps, 31%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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.
20% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 74% 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
With one-person households at 40%, Homps is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 1.9 people share a household.
In Homps, 40% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 83% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Homps. Elsewhere, 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).
5.7% of Homps’ residents 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%. 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 27.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 52% of residents 15 and over are married
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Homps sits below 89% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 64% of compared French towns: 34%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 109 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Homps
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homps | 55.4 | 31% | 15% | 5.7% |
| Beaumont-de-Lomagne 3,824 · 8.5 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 3.6% | 6.1% |
| Fleurance 6,247 · 9.9 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 4.5% | 6.9% |
| Gimont 3,146 · 13.2 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 2.9% | 4.6% |
| Lectoure 3,670 · 13.6 mi | 55.4 | 36% | 16% | 8.4% |
| Auch 22,428 · 17.4 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3% | 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 Homps
What is the population of Homps?
109 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (109).
How old are Homps’ residents?
The median age is 55.4, older than 94% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Homps?
11, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Homps?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.7%). 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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