Households without a car make up 2.6% in Mouchès, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.1% in Mouchès and 11% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 82 residents and 39 households here. About one in four: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Mouchès (25%). On flats, Mouchès sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 4.4%.
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 Mouchès
Many people living alone
50% of Mouchès’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 35% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Mouchès has grown +11%, faster than 72% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Gers town, the change came in two steps: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 32% 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
■ Mouchès 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 49.7, Mouchès is older than just over four fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns, at 50%
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
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Mouchès. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in just over half of compared French towns.
Mouchès sits above 74% of compared French towns for second homes (4.4%)
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 that moved in under two years ago: 5.1%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 31%. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, a higher share than in 72% of compared French towns.
Mouchès ranks above 76% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 38%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person 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).
8.5% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 76% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 9.8% here and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 69% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% 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.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 32% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Across Mouchès, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Mouchès sits above 63% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (22%)
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 account for 29%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 82 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Mouchès, 3 of 4 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouchès | 49.7 | 32% | 4.4% | 9.8% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 2.9 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Pavie 2,566 · 9.3 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
| Auch 22,428 · 10.6 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 15.2 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
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 Mouchès
What is the population of Mouchès?
82 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (74).
How old are Mouchès’ residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mouchès?
2, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mouchès?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.8% of residents, and 7 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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