Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Sainte-Dode is over 58.4
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 230 residents in 100 households. Here, 5% of households have no car. One-person households: 30%, below just over three quarters 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 Sainte-Dode
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sainte-Dode, 11% of its 130 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 79% 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 Sainte-Dode’s residents are under 58.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 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.
11% of homes are second homes, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The figure for flats is 8.5% in Sainte-Dode and 30% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in eight here (12%). Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
+4% since 2012, a pace below 55% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Gers. Here the change came as −6% to 2017, then +10% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.4%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Sainte-Dode 58.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 37% in Sainte-Dode. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 52% 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
Households here average 2.3 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 51% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,490 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.
At €26,490 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Sainte-Dode sits below 86% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5%)
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
In Sainte-Dode, 35% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 77% of compared French towns: 10% of households are headed by a manual worker. On average, 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).
Foreign nationals: 7.5%, a higher share than 72% 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.
Immigrants make up about one in 14 here (7.1%). 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.
Sainte-Dode ranks below 93% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Here 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
No nearby town is as old as Sainte-Dode
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Dode | 58.4 | 37% | 11% | 7.1% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 7 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 4,845 · 15.6 mi | 55.9 | 37% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Pavie 2,566 · 17.4 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
| Aureilhan 8,031 · 17.9 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 1.2% | 7.5% |
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 Sainte-Dode
What is the population of Sainte-Dode?
230 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (222).
How old are Sainte-Dode’s residents?
The median age is 58.4, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Dode?
14, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Dode?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (7.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Dode?
€26,490 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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