Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.3%
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 1% of homes are flats in Saint-Léonard. This Gers town counted 184 residents and 76 households at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households account for 20%. With a median age of 50, Saint-Léonard is older than 83% 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-Léonard
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Léonard, 14% of its 100 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 14% of homes are second homes
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-Léonard, 12% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Newcomers of less than two years account for just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Saint-Léonard changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 65% 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
The median Gers town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six +1%.
Saint-Léonard ranks above 91% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 14%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Léonard 50. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, above 64% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Léonard ranks below 90% of compared French towns on one-person households: 27%
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
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Saint-Léonard. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €21,160 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €21,160 a year: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 95% of compared French towns, at 47%
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 manager or professional: 6.7% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 6% in Saint-Léonard, more than in 64% 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.
On the census count, 7.1% of residents are immigrants. That is higher than in 54% 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.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 83% 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 account for 25%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 48% and 3.9%, and 7.2% are widowed.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 71% 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-Léonard, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 184 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 3 of the 5 towns around Saint-Léonard are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Léonard | 50 | 24% | 14% | 7.1% |
| Fleurance 6,247 · 5.6 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 4.5% | 6.9% |
| Lectoure 3,670 · 8.5 mi | 55.4 | 36% | 16% | 8.4% |
| Beaumont-de-Lomagne 3,824 · 11.3 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 3.6% | 6.1% |
| Auch 22,428 · 17.1 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Gimont 3,146 · 17.1 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 2.9% | 4.6% |
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-Léonard
What is the population of Saint-Léonard?
184 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (182).
How old are Saint-Léonard’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Léonard?
14, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Léonard?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Léonard?
€21,160 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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