Sembouès is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 66.5
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Sembouès, 5.4%. The town is home to 58 residents in 33 households, by the 2023 Census. 2.9% of homes stand empty, or about one in 34. At 8.7%, the share of second homes is higher than in 86% 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 Sembouès
An older town
Half of Sembouès’ residents are under 66.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 55% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Sembouès (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 7.9% for the median compared commune in Gers. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Sembouès’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 38% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sembouès had 62 residents at the 2012 census and 58 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −6% change since 2012: slower than 92% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Gers town, the change came in two steps: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 55%, a higher 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
■ Sembouès 66.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 50%, a higher share than 94% 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
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.8 people.
Sembouès sits above 58% of compared French towns for households without a car (12%)
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
3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 48% have stayed 30 years or more. For comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 50% in Sembouès, more than in 97% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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).
More immigrants than 89% of compared French towns: 17%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (14%), Sembouès is above 90% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Sembouès ranks above 76% of compared French towns on single residents: 29%
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: 41%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 73% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Sembouès comes in at 22%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 58 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 66.5 in Sembouès.
No nearby town is as old as Sembouès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sembouès | 66.5 | 55% | 8.7% | 17% |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 4,845 · 7.8 mi | 55.9 | 37% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 12.4 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Bordères-sur-l'Échez 5,399 · 15.2 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 0.8% | 6% |
| Aureilhan 8,031 · 15.2 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 1.2% | 7.5% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 16.3 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
| Tarbes 44,399 · 16.4 mi | 39.9 | 23% | 2.2% | 12% |
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 Sembouès
What is the population of Sembouès?
58 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (62).
How old are Sembouès’ residents?
The median age is 66.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 5.2% are under 18 and 55% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sembouès?
3, with occasional dwellings: 8.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sembouès?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (14%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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