Flats: 1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
A quarter of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 4.8% of households have no car. Saint-Jean-le-Comtal’s 170 households held 381 residents at the 2023 Census. In Saint-Jean-le-Comtal, 5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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-Jean-le-Comtal
An older town
Half of Saint-Jean-le-Comtal’s residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Jean-le-Comtal changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, behind 85% 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 those years, the median Gers town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Saint-Jean-le-Comtal is over 52.8, older than 90% 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-Jean-le-Comtal 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 26%, Saint-Jean-le-Comtal is ahead of 71% of compared French towns on that count. On the census count, just over one in ten 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%.
5.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 96% 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
The average household has 2.2 people. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many couples with children: 31% here, more than in four fifths of compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 77% of compared French towns, at 5.1%
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
By its share of empty homes (8.1%), Saint-Jean-le-Comtal is above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 3.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 31%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,440 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.
Half of Saint-Jean-le-Comtal’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,440 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Above 81% of compared French towns: 39% of households are headed by a retired person
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
12% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 94% of compared French towns: 1%
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-Jean-le-Comtal, 2.8%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Jean-le-Comtal ranks below 95% of compared French towns on 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
Married residents: 47% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, a lower share than 72% 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
With graduates of higher education at 27%, Saint-Jean-le-Comtal is behind just over three fifths of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 381 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 4 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Saint-Jean-le-Comtal
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-le-Comtal | 52.8 | 26% | 5.1% | 2.8% |
| Pavie 2,566 · 4.5 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
| Auch 22,428 · 6.3 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 6.9 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 16.6 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
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-Jean-le-Comtal
What is the population of Saint-Jean-le-Comtal?
381 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (397).
How old are Saint-Jean-le-Comtal’s residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Jean-le-Comtal?
10, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Jean-le-Comtal?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Jean-le-Comtal?
€28,440 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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