A median age of 58.9: Saint-Arailles is older than 98% of compared French towns
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Saint-Arailles has 13%. In 2023, the Census found 134 residents in the town, living in 68 households. On the census count, 1.1% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Saint-Arailles
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Arailles, 17% of its 89 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 Saint-Arailles’ residents are under 58.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Saint-Arailles (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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Arailles had 149 residents at the 2012 census and 134 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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
In Saint-Arailles, 17% of homes are second homes, beside 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Here, 6.7% of homes stand empty.
Saint-Arailles changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 97% 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 −9%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gers town ±0%.
5.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 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
■ Saint-Arailles 58.9. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 38% in Saint-Arailles. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 33% 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
Average household size: 2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€24,230 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 €24,230 a year: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
53% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (6.7%), Saint-Arailles is below 92% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 71% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Arailles ranks above 93% of compared French towns on immigrants: 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.
The median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 93% of compared French towns. Across Saint-Arailles, 19% 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.
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
The share of married residents tops 71% of compared French towns: 46%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Graduates of higher education make up 32% in Saint-Arailles, more than in 58% 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
Across Saint-Arailles, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 134 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.
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Arailles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Arailles | 58.9 | 38% | 17% | 21% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 8 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 9.5 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
| Auch 22,428 · 12.1 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Pavie 2,566 · 12.2 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
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 Saint-Arailles
What is the population of Saint-Arailles?
134 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (149).
How old are Saint-Arailles’ residents?
The median age is 58.9, older than 98% of compared French towns. 9.2% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Arailles?
15, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Arailles?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (19%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Arailles?
€24,230 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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