A median age of 53.5: Sorbets is older than 92% of compared French towns
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, a third of households are headed by a manual worker in Sorbets. There were 89 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 203 residents. Flats make up about one in 56 here (1.8%). 2.3% of households have no car, fewer 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 Sorbets
An older town
Half of Sorbets’ residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 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
In two steps, +15% to 2017 and −10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Gers.
Sorbets ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sorbets 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 29% in Sorbets and 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Sorbets sits below 98% of compared French towns for one-person households (22%)
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
The figure for couples with children is 28% in Sorbets and 25% in the typical compared French town. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Census figures put single-parent households at 5.6% in the town.
Sorbets sits above 94% of compared French towns for empty homes (14%)
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
Nearly one in ten homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. Meanwhile, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 32%.
Half above, half below €23,130 a year in standard of living
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 €23,130 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a retired person, below 91% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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).
Fewer foreign nationals than 94% of compared French towns: 1%
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: 3.5%, below 78% of compared French towns. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Sorbets
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 43%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 85% of compared French towns: 27%
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
The share of graduates of higher education trails 75% of compared French towns: 23%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (203 to 2,582 people), the 7th oldest
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).
Median age: 2 of the 3 towns around Sorbets 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorbets | 53.5 | 29% | 8.8% | 3.5% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 11.5 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 12.3 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 16.3 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
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 Sorbets
What is the population of Sorbets?
203 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (196).
How old are Sorbets’ residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 92% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sorbets?
10, with occasional dwellings: 8.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sorbets?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sorbets?
€23,130 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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