Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.8% of homes are flats
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 42% in Pessoulens and 32% in the typical compared French town. The town counted 137 residents and 61 households at the 2023 Census. In Pessoulens, 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24. Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 3.3% of households have no car.
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 Pessoulens
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pessoulens had 165 residents at the 2012 census and 137 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Pessoulens 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
Over those years, the median Gers town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −14%, then −4% to 2023.
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Pessoulens is over 50.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pessoulens 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 82 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 33% in Pessoulens, more than in 88% 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
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Pessoulens comes in at 33%. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
In Pessoulens, 7% of homes are second homes, more than in 83% 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
Just over a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.6% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 8.4% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €28,630 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.
Living standards centre on €28,630 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
In Pessoulens, 8.3% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 86% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.8% of Pessoulens’ residents
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 make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%. 3.6% 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.
A larger share of married residents than 94% of compared French towns: 51%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
More graduates of higher education than 61% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (19%). The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 13th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Pessoulens sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pessoulens | 50.5 | 23% | 7% | 5.8% |
| Beaumont-de-Lomagne 3,824 · 5.8 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 3.6% | 6.1% |
| Fleurance 6,247 · 11.2 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 4.5% | 6.9% |
| Lectoure 3,670 · 13.5 mi | 55.4 | 36% | 16% | 8.4% |
| Gimont 3,146 · 15.9 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 2.9% | 4.6% |
| Verdun-sur-Garonne 4,961 · 17.5 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.8% | 7.4% |
| Castelsarrasin 14,343 · 17.7 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 1.9% | 9.7% |
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 Pessoulens
What is the population of Pessoulens?
137 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (165).
How old are Pessoulens’ residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pessoulens?
5, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pessoulens?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pessoulens?
€28,630 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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