Households in social housing: 0.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.1%, below 92% of compared French towns. Gauriac is home to 759 residents in 370 households, by the 2023 Census. For Gauriac, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 46%. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 5.8%, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Gauriac
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 81 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gauriac, 17% of its 480 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Gauriac’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gauriac had 811 residents at the 2012 census and 759 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
2% of homes are flats, below 99% 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
10% of households moved in less than two years ago; 21% have been in their home 30 years or more. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 17%, more than in 92% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 6.3%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Gauriac’s population moved −6% on 2012, less than in 92% 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 Gironde town changed +16% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −8% and the next six +1%.
Gauriac is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gauriac 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Gauriac comes in at 29%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 17% in Gauriac, less than in 85% 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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 12%, above 77% of compared French towns. On average, 2 people share a household. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
€25,410 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
The median standard of living in Gauriac is €25,410 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Gauriac: 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 63% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Gauriac comes in at 12%. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Gauriac ranks below 66% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.7%
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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 28 here (3.6%). Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents: 45% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 56% of compared French towns: 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 census found that 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in Gauriac. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 759 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Gauriac is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gauriac | 52.2 | 29% | 17% | 4.7% |
| Margaux-Cantenac 2,845 · 4 mi | 41.8 | 17% | 3.5% | 4.6% |
| Blaye 5,066 · 4.4 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 5.5% |
| Macau 4,576 · 4.4 mi | 40 | 16% | 2.6% | 4.5% |
| Ambès 3,313 · 5.9 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 0.5% | 9.9% |
| Ludon-Médoc 5,578 · 6.2 mi | 40.9 | 15% | 0.7% | 4.1% |
| Arsac 4,124 · 6.3 mi | 43 | 22% | 1.4% | 3% |
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 Gauriac
What is the population of Gauriac?
759 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (811).
How old are Gauriac’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gauriac?
81, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gauriac?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gauriac?
€25,410 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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