Traversères ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 12%
Half of Traversères’s residents are over 50.5, older than in 85% of compared French towns. The town had 71 residents in 34 households at the 2023 Census. Here, a quarter of households are couples with children.
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 Traversères
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Traversères, 10% of its 40 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Traversères had 79 residents at the 2012 census and 71 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Traversères’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 44% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 10%, a higher share than 88% of compared French towns
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
5% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Turnover: 2.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 32% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Traversères changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, behind 97% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gers town ±0%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13%, a higher share than 84% 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
■ Traversères 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 65 and over, Traversères sits higher than 52% of compared French towns: 23%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
About 69 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
In Traversères, 50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 60% of compared French towns, at 12%
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. Typically, 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).
Below 87% of compared French towns: 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
The median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns. 7% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 14. Elsewhere, 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.
37% of residents 15 and over are married, below 85% of compared French towns
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Traversères. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 95% of compared French towns: 10%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Traversères has 36%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 71 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
2 of 5 neighbors are older than Traversères
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Traversères
What is the population of Traversères?
71 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (79).
How old are Traversères’ residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Traversères?
4, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Traversères?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.4%). 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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