Verlus ranks below 98% of compared French towns on one-person households: 22%
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put households without a car at 4.3% in Verlus. The town counted 124 residents and 47 households at the 2023 Census. 4.1% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%).
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 Verlus
Growing fast
Verlus had 91 residents at the 2012 census and 124 in 2023, up 36%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 19% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Verlus grew +36% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gers town ±0%. The change was +15% from 2012 to 2017 and +18% from 2017 to 2023.
Younger than 58% of compared French towns: half of Verlus is under 43
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Verlus 43. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 10%, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
In Verlus, 33% of households are couples with children, more than in 88% 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
The typical household size is 2.6 people. Here, 11% of households are single parents. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
100% of homes are houses
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
Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Some nearly one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 19% who have been there 30 years or more.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. In Verlus, a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Verlus ranks above 75% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 8.1%
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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Verlus has 8.1%. That is higher than in just over three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%. Set beside that, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 70% of compared French towns, at 46%
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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
3.2% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 99% 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 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Verlus comes in at 47%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
12th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 124 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 2 of 3 towns have older populations than Verlus
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verlus | 43 | 20% | 4.1% | 8.1% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 7.9 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
| Sauvagnon 3,579 · 16.7 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 0.4% | 4% |
| Serres-Castet 4,418 · 17.4 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 1.6% | 5.2% |
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 Verlus
What is the population of Verlus?
124 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 36% more than in 2012 (91).
How old are Verlus’ residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verlus?
2, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verlus?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (8.1%). 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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