Pavie is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.9
Here 4.1% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Two in five households are headed by a retired person. Lower than in 86% of compared French towns: 10% of homes are flats. In 2023, the Census found 2,566 residents in Pavie, living in 1,200 households.
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 Pavie
An older town
Half of Pavie’s residents are under 51.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+6% since 2012, a pace 56% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gers town ±0%.
Pavie ranks above 87% of compared French towns on 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
■ Pavie 51.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Pavie has 10%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
In Pavie, 7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 90% 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
The average household has 2.1 people. Pavie has fewer one-person households than 58% of compared French towns, at 33%. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Pavie comes in at 24%.
In Pavie, 4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 90% 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
With empty homes at 8%, Pavie is ahead of 64% of compared French towns on that count. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.7%, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,370 a year
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 Pavie’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,370 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 65% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 80% of compared French towns: 9.4%
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 account for 9.1%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 61% of compared French towns, at 3.2%
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.
That is lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The census found that 5.8% of residents are immigrants in Pavie.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 74% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
With married residents at 45%, Pavie is ahead of 64% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 13% 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
In Pavie, just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,540 to 2,599 people: this is the 6th 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 Eymet (61.2), the oldest.
3 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Pavie
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavie | 51.9 | 31% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
| Auch 22,428 · 2.6 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 11.4 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Gimont 3,146 · 14.4 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 2.9% | 4.6% |
| Fleurance 6,247 · 16.7 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 4.5% | 6.9% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 17.7 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 Pavie
What is the population of Pavie?
2,566 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (2,414).
How old are Pavie’s residents?
The median age is 51.9, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pavie?
23, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pavie?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 83 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pavie?
€27,370 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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