Pouylebon is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 62
54% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. For Pouylebon, the census puts flats at 1.4%. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 6.3%, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 143, in 68 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 Pouylebon
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pouylebon, 22% of its 94 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Pouylebon’s residents are under 62 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pouylebon had 156 residents at the 2012 census and 143 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pouylebon: 22% of homes are second homes, above 94% 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. About one in 18: that is how common empty homes are in Pouylebon (5.5%). Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town.
−8% since 2012: slower than 95% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gers town ±0%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −11%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
43% of residents are 65 or over, 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
■ Pouylebon 62. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 6% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 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.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 31% of households are one person living alone
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
23% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
At the median, €23,470 a year to live on
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,470 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (54%)
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.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 69% of compared French towns: 9.7% of residents are immigrants
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 6.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Pouylebon. As a reference point, 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.
Single residents: 17%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Pouylebon has 52%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 64% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops just over three fifths of compared French towns: 21%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 2nd oldest of 41 French towns of 143 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Pouylebon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouylebon | 62 | 43% | 22% | 9.7% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 5.6 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 14.8 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
| Pavie 2,566 · 15.2 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
| Auch 22,428 · 16.2 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 4,845 · 16.5 mi | 55.9 | 37% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
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 Pouylebon
What is the population of Pouylebon?
143 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (156).
How old are Pouylebon’s residents?
The median age is 62, older than 99% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pouylebon?
21, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pouylebon?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.7% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (6.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pouylebon?
€23,470 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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