A higher share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns, at 40%
The figure for second homes is 7.6% in Lahas and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 76 households held 181 residents at the 2023 Census. Households without a car make up about one in 77 here (1.3%). More households headed by a manager or professional than in 88% of compared French towns: 20%.
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 Lahas
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lahas’s population changed by +11% since 2012, more than in 73% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +10%, then +1% to 2023. Over those years, the median Gers town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
5.6% 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
■ Lahas 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 48.8, Lahas is older than 78% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 25%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Lahas ranks below 90% of compared French towns on one-person households: 27%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Lahas ranks above 88% of compared French towns on empty homes: 12%
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. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 5.3% of households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more.
Median living standard: €26,620 a year
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 €26,620 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
Lahas ranks above 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 47%
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
Here 6.7% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Measured more widely, nearly a third 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).
1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, below 84% 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.
In Lahas, 3.9% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 74% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%. Typically, 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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 come to 42% in Lahas, about four in ten. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 18% of adults out of school have no qualification in Lahas
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
On the census count, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 181 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Lahas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahas | 48.8 | 25% | 7.6% | 3.9% |
| Gimont 3,146 · 4.4 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 2.9% | 4.6% |
| Samatan 2,517 · 5 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 7.3% | 3.1% |
| L'Isle-Jourdain 9,537 · 10.2 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Lys 9,892 · 14.9 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
| Fontenilles 5,906 · 15 mi | 40.1 | 12% | 1.2% | 6.5% |
| Rieumes 3,517 · 15.2 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 2.7% | 4.8% |
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 Lahas
What is the population of Lahas?
181 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (163).
How old are Lahas’ residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lahas?
7, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lahas?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lahas?
€26,620 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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