Only 2.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Saint-Germé
Households in social housing make up 1.5%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Saint-Germé had 515 residents in 200 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 2.7% of homes are flats here. 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% 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-Germé
An older town
Half of Saint-Germé’s residents are under 52.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +7% change since 2012: Saint-Germé grew faster than 60% 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 +4%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gers town ±0%.
A median age of 52.1: Saint-Germé is older than 89% 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-Germé 52.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 27%, against 22% 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%.
Fewer single-parent households than 87% of compared French towns: 7.3%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Saint-Germé has 32%. On average, 2.1 people share a household. Fewer couples with children than in 55% of compared French towns: 24%. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
In Saint-Germé, 6% of households have no car, fewer than in 80% 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
With empty homes at 5.4%, Saint-Germé is behind 69% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. Across Saint-Germé, 4.5% of homes are second homes.
Median living standard: €22,230 a year
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.
At €22,230 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
44% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 91% 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: 22% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.1% in Saint-Germé, less than in 90% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.4% in Saint-Germé. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. The median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
34% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Married residents: 39%, below 75% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-Germé
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
Adults with no qualification: 34%, above 97% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (515 to 2,582 people), the 9th 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).
Saint-Germé sits below 2 of its 3 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germé | 52.1 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.1% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 6.2 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 16.7 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 17.3 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
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-Germé
What is the population of Saint-Germé?
515 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (480).
How old are Saint-Germé’s residents?
The median age is 52.1, older than 89% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Germé?
10, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Germé?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Germé?
€22,230 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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