Half of Plaisance is over 61.1, older than 99% of compared French towns
6.6% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. At the 2023 Census Plaisance was home to 1,430 people in 750 households. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.6% of households rent social housing (HLM). Higher than in 87% of compared French towns: 8.9% of homes are second homes.
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 Plaisance
An older town
Half of Plaisance’s residents are under 61.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 190 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
47% of Plaisance’s households are one person: higher than in 89% 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.
Plaisance’s population moved −3% on 2012, less than in 81% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gers town ±0%. The change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 43% in Plaisance, more than in 99% 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
■ Plaisance 61.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Plaisance has 6.2%. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
15% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 92% 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
There are 1.8 people in the average household. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 89% of compared French towns: 47% of households are one person living alone.
More empty homes than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Car-free households: one in seven, where the median compared French town has 11%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 17% of homes are flats. Plaisance has more households without a car than 64% of compared French towns, at 14%.
€22,940 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,940 a year: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Plaisance ranks above 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 47%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Plaisance comes in at 13%. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 8.6%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Plaisance sits above 67% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (6.6%)
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 higher than in 59% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.8% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
40% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 22%, a lower share than 81% of compared French towns
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 the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Plaisance has 26%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
3rd highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,430 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Plaisance
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaisance | 61.1 | 43% | 8.9% | 7.8% |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 4,845 · 15.1 mi | 55.9 | 37% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 16.8 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 16.9 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 17.9 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
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 Plaisance
What is the population of Plaisance?
1,430 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,475).
How old are Plaisance’s residents?
The median age is 61.1, older than 99% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plaisance?
91, with occasional dwellings: 8.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plaisance?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 94 foreign nationals (6.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plaisance?
€22,940 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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