A median age of 56.2: Goualade is older than 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 45% in Goualade. The town is home to 117 residents in 55 households, by the 2023 Census. Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Goualade comes in at 10%.
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 Goualade
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Goualade, 11% of its 70 homes: higher than in 89% 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 Goualade’s residents are under 56.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Goualade had 98 residents at the 2012 census and 117 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 11% in Goualade, more than in 89% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 5.5% of households arrived within the last two years, while 16% have stayed 30 years or more. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A +19% change since 2012: faster than 89% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%. The first five years brought −7%; the six to 2023, +29%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.8% in Goualade, less than in 98% 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
■ Goualade 56.2. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (34%), Goualade is above 93% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Goualade sits above 61% of compared French towns for couples with children (27%)
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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. Here, 9.1% of households are single parents.
Goualade ranks below 82% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 9.1%
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 make up about one in 11 here (9.1%). Against that, 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).
2.6% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 71% 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.
The figure for immigrants is 5.1% in Goualade and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% 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 smaller share of single residents than 83% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Here, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Goualade sits above 61% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (33%)
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
In Goualade, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 117 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 3 towns nearest Goualade, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goualade | 56.2 | 34% | 11% | 5.1% |
| Bazas 4,854 · 9.3 mi | 52 | 31% | 3.8% | 4.7% |
| Casteljaloux 4,755 · 11.2 mi | 57 | 39% | 8.5% | 5.3% |
| Langon 7,674 · 17.2 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
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 Goualade
What is the population of Goualade?
117 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (98).
How old are Goualade’s residents?
The median age is 56.2, older than 95% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Goualade?
8, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Goualade?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.6%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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