Saint-Élix-Theux is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 61.7
1.7% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Saint-Élix-Theux had 85 residents in 42 households at the 2023 census. In Saint-Élix-Theux, 5.4% of homes are second homes. More single-parent households than in 83% of compared French towns: 13%.
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-Élix-Theux
An older town
Half of Saint-Élix-Theux’s residents are under 61.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Élix-Theux had 123 residents at the 2012 census and 85 in 2023, down 31%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Élix-Theux changed by −31% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
In two steps, −14% to 2017 and −20% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Gers.
44% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Élix-Theux 61.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.7%, Saint-Élix-Theux is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 60% 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 2 people in the average household. Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 50% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.8% (under two years). The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns, at 62%
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).
Above 88% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are foreign nationals
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, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Saint-Élix-Theux, 12%. The median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 79% of compared French towns. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
59% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 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
Single residents make up 20%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 84% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Graduates of higher education: 22%, below 80% of compared French towns. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (85 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Élix-Theux
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 Saint-Élix-Theux
What is the population of Saint-Élix-Theux?
85 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 31% fewer than in 2012 (123).
How old are Saint-Élix-Theux’s residents?
The median age is 61.7, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Élix-Theux?
3, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Élix-Theux?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (12%). 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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