A median age of 64: Ponsan-Soubiran is older than 99% of compared French towns
The share of couples with children is 11%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns. Ponsan-Soubiran counted 80 residents and 40 households at the 2023 Census. 32% fewer people than in 2012.
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 Ponsan-Soubiran
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ponsan-Soubiran, 17% of its 61 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Ponsan-Soubiran’s residents are under 64 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 48% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ponsan-Soubiran had 117 residents at the 2012 census and 80 in 2023, down 32%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Ponsan-Soubiran (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 7.9% for the median compared commune in Gers. 19% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 17%, a higher share than 98% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 6.4% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 38% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Ponsan-Soubiran has 17%.
A −32% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −23%; from 2017 to 2023, −11%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gers town ±0%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 48%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ponsan-Soubiran 64. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Ponsan-Soubiran, 7.4%. Typically, 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 Ponsan-Soubiran, 33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 59% 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
Just over one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2 people share a household.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 67% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns, at 21%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Ponsan-Soubiran, 19%. Across the comparison, 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 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Ponsan-Soubiran
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%; Ponsan-Soubiran has 52%. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 14% 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 Ponsan-Soubiran, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 80 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Ponsan-Soubiran the oldest (64).
Ponsan-Soubiran is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponsan-Soubiran | 64 | 48% | 17% | 21% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 12.2 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 16.3 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
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 Ponsan-Soubiran
What is the population of Ponsan-Soubiran?
80 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% fewer than in 2012 (117).
How old are Ponsan-Soubiran’s residents?
The median age is 64, older than 99% of compared French towns. 5.3% are under 18 and 48% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ponsan-Soubiran?
11, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ponsan-Soubiran?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (19%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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