3.4% of households have no car, below 97% of compared French towns
Flats: 4.4% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 95% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 293 people lived in Toujouse, in 120 households. Locally, 11% of homes stand empty.
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 Toujouse
Growing fast
Toujouse had 216 residents at the 2012 census and 293 in 2023, up 36%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Toujouse has grown +36%, faster than 98% 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 median Gers town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +15% and the next six +18%.
In Toujouse, 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 85% 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
■ Toujouse 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.7, Toujouse is younger than 60% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 19%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 8.7% of households are single parents in Toujouse
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 average 2.4 people. Few places have as many couples with children: 25% here, more than in 50% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of second homes than 70% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 16% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
€21,980 a year: the median 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.
Half of residents live in households above €21,980 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
Above 63% of compared French towns: 35% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Toujouse comes in at 11%. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. About one in eight: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Toujouse (12%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Toujouse: 5.7% of residents are foreign nationals, above 61% 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 16 here (6.1%). That is lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%. The wider picture: 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.
Toujouse ranks below 94% of compared French towns on married residents: 33%
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
28% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Toujouse sits below 84% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (13%)
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 78% of compared French towns: 22%. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 293 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Toujouse is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toujouse | 42.7 | 19% | 3.9% | 6.1% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 8.2 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 9.8 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 13.6 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
| Mont-de-Marsan 31,592 · 16.5 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 9.3% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 17.3 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
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 Toujouse
What is the population of Toujouse?
293 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 36% more than in 2012 (216).
How old are Toujouse’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Toujouse?
6, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Toujouse?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Toujouse?
€21,980 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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