Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.1% of households have no car
17% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Across Saint-Germier, 4.2% of homes stand empty. Lower than in three quarters of compared French towns: 28% of households are headed by a retired person. The town is home to 212 residents in 89 households, by the 2023 Census.
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-Germier
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 22% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 76% 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 −2%; 2017 to 2023, +1%.
Saint-Germier is older than 71% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Germier 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (19%), Saint-Germier is below 68% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 11: 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Germier ranks above 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 22%
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
Here a third of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
A smaller share of second homes than 78% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Turnover: 13% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 15% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
€30,820 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €30,820 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Here 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. To put it in context, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.4% of residents in Saint-Germier 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.
Put another way, about one in 14: 7.4% of residents are immigrants. That is higher than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%. At 4.6%, foreign nationals sit close to the figure 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.
Saint-Germier sits below 94% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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
Here 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 8.2% in Saint-Germier, less than in 98% 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
In Saint-Germier, 38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 212 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saint-Germier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germier | 47.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 7.4% |
| Gimont 3,146 · 5 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 2.9% | 4.6% |
| L'Isle-Jourdain 9,537 · 7.8 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
| Samatan 2,517 · 12.2 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 7.3% | 3.1% |
| Fontenilles 5,906 · 14.6 mi | 40.1 | 12% | 1.2% | 6.5% |
| Beaumont-de-Lomagne 3,824 · 14.8 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 3.6% | 6.1% |
| Brax 3,037 · 14.8 mi | 44.5 | 16% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
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-Germier
What is the population of Saint-Germier?
212 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (215).
How old are Saint-Germier’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Germier?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Germier?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Germier?
€30,820 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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