In L'Isle-Arné, 40% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In L'Isle-Arné, 12% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 180 people lived locally, in 73 households. Households in social housing: 1.4% of the total. Few places have so few flats: 4.6% here, fewer than in 96% 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 L'Isle-Arné
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+14% since 2012, a pace 80% 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
The median Gers town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +14% and the next six ±0%.
L'Isle-Arné is younger than 81% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ L'Isle-Arné 39.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, L'Isle-Arné has 13%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 33%, a lower share than 59% 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
Each household has 2.5 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
L'Isle-Arné: 15% of homes stand empty, above 95% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 11% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 11%. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.7% here, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. 1% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%.
€25,250 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
The median standard of living in L'Isle-Arné is €25,250 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 40%
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: 6.7%, below 71% of compared French towns. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Here, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1.7% of 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 2.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
L'Isle-Arné sits below 65% of compared French towns for married residents (41%)
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
Locally, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
L'Isle-Arné sits below 99% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (5.7%)
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 is 37%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 180 to 2,582 people, the 2nd youngest
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.
No nearby town is as young as L'Isle-Arné
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 L'Isle-Arné
What is the population of L'Isle-Arné?
180 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (158).
How old are L'Isle-Arné’s residents?
The median age is 39.7, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in L'Isle-Arné?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in L'Isle-Arné?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in L'Isle-Arné?
€25,250 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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