Le Houga is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.9
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Le Houga counted 1,202 residents and 550 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put second homes at 6.1% in the town. At 5.3%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 86% 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 Le Houga
An older town
Half of Le Houga’s residents are under 52.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 64% of compared French towns grew faster than Le Houga: +1%
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
Over those years, the median Gers town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Le Houga sits above 87% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (31%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Houga 52.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
7.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 87% 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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. Couples with children: a quarter of the total. Lower than in 53% of compared French towns: 35% of households are one person living alone. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of flats than 82% of compared French towns, at 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
The share of households in social housing trails 70% of compared French towns: 8.2%. About one in 11: that is how common empty homes are in Le Houga (9.2%). In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%.
The median resident lives on €23,480 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of Le Houga’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,480 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 81% of compared French towns: 39%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Le Houga has 17%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 60% of compared French towns, at 5.3%
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.
3.8% of residents are foreign nationals, a lower share than in 55% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 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.
Fewer single residents than 69% of compared French towns: 23%
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 are rarer here than in 55% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 75% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Le Houga has 24%. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,202 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).
Le Houga and its 5 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Houga | 52.9 | 31% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 6.3 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 10.3 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 15.3 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 17.3 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 17.9 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
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 Le Houga
What is the population of Le Houga?
1,202 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (1,185).
How old are Le Houga’s residents?
The median age is 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Houga?
40, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Houga?
INSEE counts 64 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Houga?
€23,480 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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