Below 89% of compared French towns: 7.1% of households are single parents
Here nearly one in ten homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Put another way, about one in four: 27% of households are headed by a retired person. At 18%, the share of flats is lower than in 72% of compared French towns. Guîtres is home to 1,631 residents in 780 households, by the 2023 Census.
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.
Guîtres changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 83% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gironde town +16%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −6%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
20% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 65% 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
■ Guîtres 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Guîtres is 44.7, higher than in 55% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The census found that 11% of residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 68% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. 24% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 7.1% are single parents with their children (10%).
Only 8.6% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Guîtres
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: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 16% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Guîtres sits close to the norm on second homes: 2.5%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,150 a year
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 midpoint of living standards here is €22,150 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 56% of compared French towns: 15%
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: 9.6% of the total. Elsewhere, 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).
3.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 75% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.4%), Guîtres is below 73% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 84% of compared French towns: 37%
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 27% in Guîtres. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Adults with no qualification: 21% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 1,631 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th youngest
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 6 towns nearest Guîtres, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guîtres | 44.7 | 20% | 2.5% | 3.7% |
| Coutras 8,678 · 3.4 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile 5,955 · 4.1 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.4% | 5.4% |
| Galgon 3,144 · 5.7 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 9.1 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Libourne 25,036 · 9.3 mi | 44 | 23% | 3% | 12% |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle 3,167 · 9.3 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
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 Guîtres
What is the population of Guîtres?
1,631 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,690).
How old are Guîtres’ residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guîtres?
22, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guîtres?
INSEE counts 61 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guîtres?
€22,150 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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