Half of Malabat is over 58.1, older than 97% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Malabat had 100 residents in 50 households at the 2023 census. The share of empty homes stands at 2.6%. In Malabat, 1.4% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Malabat
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Malabat, 21% of its 65 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Malabat’s residents are under 58.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Malabat had 105 residents at the 2012 census and 100 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Malabat: 21% of homes are second homes, above 93% 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 just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
Slower growth than 87% of compared French towns: Malabat changed by −5% 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 median Gers town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +9% and the next six −12%.
Malabat sits above 88% 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
■ Malabat 58.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Malabat has 9.4%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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: 30%, a lower share than 77% 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
Couples with children make up 20%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. There are 2 people in the average household. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
40% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 83% 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. In Malabat, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. 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).
In Malabat, 8.5% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 76% 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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Malabat comes in at 8.5%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 63% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% 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: 52% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 89% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 100 to 2,582 people
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 Malabat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malabat | 58.1 | 31% | 21% | 8.5% |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 4,845 · 7.5 mi | 55.9 | 37% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 12.2 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Aureilhan 8,031 · 13.7 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 1.2% | 7.5% |
| Bordères-sur-l'Échez 5,399 · 14 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 0.8% | 6% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 14.7 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
| Tarbes 44,399 · 15 mi | 39.9 | 23% | 2.2% | 12% |
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 Malabat
What is the population of Malabat?
100 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (105).
How old are Malabat’s residents?
The median age is 58.1, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Malabat?
14, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Malabat?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.5% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (8.5%). 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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