Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.4% of households have no car
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 1.6% of homes are flats here. On residents aged 15 to 24, Noilhan sits lower than 95% of compared French towns: 7.4%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 388, in 160 households. Here, 27% of households are one person living alone.
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 Noilhan
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 73% of compared French towns: Noilhan changed by +11% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Gers town, the change came in two steps: +7% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Older than 65% of compared French towns: half of Noilhan is over 46.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Noilhan 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Noilhan ranks above 94% of compared French towns on couples with children: 36%
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. The average household has 2.4 people. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Noilhan ranks above 70% of compared French towns on empty homes: 8.6%
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. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 1.9% of households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Second homes: 3.2% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €28,020 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,020 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
In Noilhan, 31% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 60% 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
Noilhan has fewer households headed by a manual worker than 58% of compared French towns, at 13%. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 9.5%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.5%, a lower share than 99% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Noilhan. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
In Noilhan, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Noilhan has 45%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns: 40%
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
In Noilhan, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 388 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Noilhan is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noilhan | 46.3 | 22% | 3.2% | 0.5% |
| Samatan 2,517 · 2.6 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 7.3% | 3.1% |
| Gimont 3,146 · 7.1 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 2.9% | 4.6% |
| L'Isle-Jourdain 9,537 · 9.4 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
| Rieumes 3,517 · 12.2 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 2.7% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Lys 9,892 · 12.4 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
| Fontenilles 5,906 · 13 mi | 40.1 | 12% | 1.2% | 6.5% |
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 Noilhan
What is the population of Noilhan?
388 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (349).
How old are Noilhan’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Noilhan?
6, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Noilhan?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Noilhan?
€28,020 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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