Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Magnan is over 56.1
4.5% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 55% in Magnan. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The town is home to 230 residents in 110 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Magnan
An older town
Half of Magnan’s residents are under 56.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Magnan had 250 residents at the 2012 census and 230 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 95% of compared French towns: Magnan changed by −8% 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 first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, −4%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gers town ±0%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 40% in Magnan, more than in 98% 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
■ Magnan 56.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 5.2% in Magnan. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 79 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.
Couples with children make up 18% in Magnan, less than in 82% 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 share of one-person households trails 66% of compared French towns: 32%. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2 people.
Only 3.8% of homes are flats in Magnan
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
6.1% of homes are second homes (Gers median 4.5%, France median 2.1%) and 7.6% are empty (6.7%). Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,090 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.
Living standards centre on €26,090 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
4.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 90% 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
Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 14%, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Magnan: 5.7% of residents are foreign nationals, above 61% 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.
The median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. In Magnan, 7% 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.
Magnan ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 15%
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
The figure for married residents is 50% in Magnan and 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
More adults with no qualification than in 50% of compared French towns: 19%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 old as Magnan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnan | 56.1 | 40% | 6.1% | 7% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 8.3 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 12.8 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 12.8 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
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 Magnan
What is the population of Magnan?
230 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (250).
How old are Magnan’s residents?
The median age is 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Magnan?
8, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Magnan?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Magnan?
€26,090 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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