Lamothe-Goas: 50% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Lamothe-Goas has 16%. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 3.1%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 82, in 31 households. 19% more people than in 2012.
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 Lamothe-Goas
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 5 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lamothe-Goas, 12% of its 41 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Lamothe-Goas had 69 residents at the 2012 census and 82 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 6 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Lamothe-Goas, 12% of homes are second homes, more than in 89% 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 14% in Lamothe-Goas. Meanwhile, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Lamothe-Goas has grown +19%, faster than 89% 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
The median Gers town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +13% and the next six +5%.
In Lamothe-Goas, 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 91% 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
■ Lamothe-Goas 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Lamothe-Goas’s residents are under 43.5, younger than in 54% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
The share of single-parent households tops 98% of compared French towns: 17%. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.7 people share a household.
17% of households are headed by a retired person, below 98% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 81% of compared French towns: 17%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lamothe-Goas ranks above 83% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 11%
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 higher than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in eight: 12% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 79% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 8.1%, a lower share than 98% 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
Graduates of higher education: 47%, above 90% of compared French towns. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 82 to 2,582 people, the 13th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Lamothe-Goas
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 Lamothe-Goas
What is the population of Lamothe-Goas?
82 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (69).
How old are Lamothe-Goas’ residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lamothe-Goas?
5, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lamothe-Goas?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (11%). 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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