Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Meilhan is over 61
In Meilhan, 14% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Its 36 households held 75 residents at the 2023 Census. Empty homes make up about one in ten here (10%).
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 Meilhan
An older town
Half of Meilhan’s residents are under 61 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Meilhan had 90 residents at the 2012 census and 75 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Meilhan changed by −17% 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 −11% and the next six −6%.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 43% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Meilhan 61. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Meilhan. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 77 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.
In Meilhan, 29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 83% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people.
Flats: 5%, a lower share than 95% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%. The census found that just over one in ten households have no car in Meilhan.
More households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Meilhan sits below 85% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.6%)
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 lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 3.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Meilhan sits below 99% of compared French towns for 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Meilhan has 56%. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Meilhan ranks above 80% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 26%
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
At 29%, the share of graduates of higher education is lower than in 53% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 75 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th oldest
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 younger than Meilhan
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 Meilhan
What is the population of Meilhan?
75 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (90).
How old are Meilhan’s residents?
The median age is 61, older than 99% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Meilhan?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Meilhan?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (3.9%). 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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