1.6% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
Flats make up 1.5%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Thoux’s 110 households held 260 residents at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 14 here (7.4%). More households headed by a manager or professional than in 84% of compared French towns: 18%.
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 Thoux
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 4.3% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Thoux grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 73% 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 change was +8% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gers town ±0%.
Half of Thoux is over 46.6, older than 67% 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
■ Thoux 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 34% of households are couples with children
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
Here 4.3% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In Thoux, nearly a third of households are one person living alone.
Thoux sits below 97% of compared French towns for empty homes (2.7%)
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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Thoux comes in at 7.3%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.7% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 17%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €31,440 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.
Living standards centre on €31,440 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Thoux ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 4%
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
With households headed by a retired person at 29%, Thoux is behind 69% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker 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 76% of compared French towns: 2.2%
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.
4.9% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. That is lower than in 65% 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 91% of compared French towns: 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 41% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (260 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Thoux: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thoux | 46.6 | 20% | 7.3% | 4.9% |
| L'Isle-Jourdain 9,537 · 6.6 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
| Gimont 3,146 · 7.1 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 2.9% | 4.6% |
| Brax 3,037 · 13.1 mi | 44.5 | 16% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Samatan 2,517 · 13.3 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 7.3% | 3.1% |
| Fontenilles 5,906 · 13.4 mi | 40.1 | 12% | 1.2% | 6.5% |
| Léguevin 9,945 · 13.4 mi | 40.4 | 14% | 1.4% | 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 Thoux
What is the population of Thoux?
260 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (234).
How old are Thoux’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thoux?
9, with occasional dwellings: 7.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thoux?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thoux?
€31,440 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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