Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Plieux is over 59.4
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 159 residents in 75 households: that is Plieux at the 2023 Census. For Plieux, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 60%. With empty homes at 3%, Plieux is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Plieux
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plieux, 23% of its 100 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Plieux’s residents are under 59.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
23% of homes are second homes, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 without a car: 8.1% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 3% of homes are flats in Plieux. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Plieux behind 57% 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 Gers town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −13% and the next six +19%.
43% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% 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
■ Plieux 59.4. The median compared French town: 44.
3.8% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
In Plieux, 13% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 95% 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
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, two in five households are one person living alone here. Few places have so few single-parent households: 6.7% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,470 a year in standard of living
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 Plieux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,470 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 6.7% in Plieux, less than in 71% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 7.6%, a higher share than 58% 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.
5.1% of residents are foreign nationals. As a yardstick, 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.
Only 15% of residents 15 and over are single in Plieux
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
48% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 67% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Here, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 159 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Plieux is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Plieux
What is the population of Plieux?
159 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (154).
How old are Plieux’s residents?
The median age is 59.4, older than 98% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plieux?
23, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plieux?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plieux?
€24,470 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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