Saint-Paul-de-Baïse is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.7
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Saint-Paul-de-Baïse has 50%. 108 residents in 53 households: that is Saint-Paul-de-Baïse at the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 3.9%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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-Paul-de-Baïse
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Paul-de-Baïse, 26% of its 77 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 95% 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-Paul-de-Baïse’s residents are under 58.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 26% in Saint-Paul-de-Baïse, more than in 94% 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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Saint-Paul-de-Baïse, 5.2%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 7.5% of households have no car.
A +7% change since 2012: Saint-Paul-de-Baïse grew faster than 59% 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 +1%; 2017 to 2023, +6%.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 41% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Paul-de-Baïse 58.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Saint-Paul-de-Baïse has 10%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Saint-Paul-de-Baïse ranks above 75% of compared French towns on couples with children: 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households here average 2 people each. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Saint-Paul-de-Baïse has 30%.
The largest group of households: retired (50%)
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Roughly one in ten: one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 10% in Saint-Paul-de-Baïse, more than in 71% 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.
The median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 71% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Single residents make up 23% in Saint-Paul-de-Baïse, less than in 75% 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 married residents stands at 42%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 61% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Graduates of higher education make up about one in three here (30%). On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 108 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Paul-de-Baïse
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-Paul-de-Baïse
What is the population of Saint-Paul-de-Baïse?
108 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (101).
How old are Saint-Paul-de-Baïse’s residents?
The median age is 58.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Paul-de-Baïse?
20, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Paul-de-Baïse?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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