3.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns
Couples with children make up 16%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 2,238 residents and 1,080 households in Nogaro. Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of homes stand empty. Households without a car are more common here than in 72% 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 Nogaro
Many people living alone
50% of Nogaro’s households are one person: higher than in 93% of compared French towns; 32% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Nogaro’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Nogaro grew +14% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 79% 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
The change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +11% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gers town ±0%.
Half of Nogaro is over 51.1, older than 86% 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
■ Nogaro 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 12% in Nogaro and 11% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 33% locally.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 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.
A higher share of one-person households than 93% 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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 9.9% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns.
Nogaro sits above 71% of compared French towns for second homes (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: 18%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%. Nogaro has more flats than 60% of compared French towns, at 37%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Nogaro comes in at 11%.
The median resident lives on €21,530 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 residents live in households above €21,530 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 74% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
36% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 78% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are immigrants
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 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Nogaro comes in at 10%. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
34% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 93% 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
30% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Above 80% of compared French towns: 26% of adults out of school have no 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Nogaro. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,238 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th 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.
Of the 4 towns nearest Nogaro, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nogaro | 51.1 | 33% | 4% | 12% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 9.6 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 12 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 16.4 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 16.9 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 Nogaro
What is the population of Nogaro?
2,238 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,966).
How old are Nogaro’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nogaro?
51, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nogaro?
INSEE counts 270 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 230 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nogaro?
€21,530 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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