Older than 94% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Michel is over 55.4
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Saint-Michel, 11%. Census day 2023: 252 residents and 120 households in the town. About one in 24: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Saint-Michel (4.2%). On households without a car, Saint-Michel sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%.
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-Michel
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Michel, 12% of its 160 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 83% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Michel’s residents are under 55.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Michel had 264 residents at the 2012 census and 252 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
2.6% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
Second homes: 12% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%. Put another way, about one in nine: just over one in ten homes stand empty.
Saint-Michel changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, behind 86% 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 −4% and the next six ±0%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 5.1% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Michel 55.4. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Michel sits below 75% of compared French towns for one-person households (30%)
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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 12% of households are single parents here. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€23,640 a year is the median standard of living here
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-Michel’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,640 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
7.6% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 89% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (34%), Saint-Michel is above 58% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Michel ranks above 75% of compared French towns on immigrants: 11%
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.
The median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 75% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. Census figures put foreign nationals at 9.1% in Saint-Michel.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 36% in Saint-Michel, less than in 86% 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
The share of single residents stands at 26%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
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
16% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 252 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Michel
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-Michel
What is the population of Saint-Michel?
252 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (264).
How old are Saint-Michel’s residents?
The median age is 55.4, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Michel?
18, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Michel?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (9.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Michel?
€23,640 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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