Photo: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0A town of second homes: 19% of its homes
Households in social housing make up 5.1%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. For Le Gosier, the census puts single-parent households at 20%. At 27%, the share of households headed by a retired person is lower than in 77% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 27,757 residents in 13,330 households.
Throughout this page, the Guadeloupe 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 Le Gosier
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 3,600 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Gosier, 19% of its 18,600 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 49% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
21% of households have no car, more than in 86% 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 9% of homes stand empty in Le Gosier. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%. Roughly three in ten: 30% of homes are flats.
A change of +4% since 2012 leaves Le Gosier behind 52% 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 Guadeloupe town ±0%. The first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, +4%.
Older than 62% of compared French towns: half of Le Gosier is over 45.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Gosier 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Le Gosier.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 18% in Le Gosier, less than in 81% 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 Guadeloupe median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 41% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
Only 9.6% of households are headed by a manual worker in Le Gosier
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
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. For comparison, 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).
6.7% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 68% 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.
That is higher than in 55% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Across Le Gosier, 7.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Le Gosier ranks above 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 44%
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
The figure for married residents is 32% in Le Gosier and 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns, at 26%
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 34% in Le Gosier and 30% in the typical compared French town. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 26,365 to 29,055 people: this is the 4th 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 Grigny (31), the youngest, and Bergerac (52.5), the oldest.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Le Gosier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Gosier | 45.8 | 21% | 19% | 7.2% |
| Pointe-à-Pitre 15,040 · 3.7 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 15% | 11% |
| Les Abymes 51,055 · 4.6 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 2.7% | 7.7% |
| Petit-Bourg 24,665 · 6.6 mi | 44.3 | 19% | 6.7% | 3.5% |
| Sainte-Anne 23,973 · 7.2 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 24% | 5.3% |
| Goyave 7,565 · 7.5 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 4% | 6.5% |
| Baie-Mahault 30,924 · 7.6 mi | 40.8 | 16% | 1.4% | 4.8% |
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 Le Gosier
What is the population of Le Gosier?
27,757 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (26,613).
How old are Le Gosier’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Gosier?
3,600, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Gosier?
INSEE counts 2,010 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.2% of residents, and 1,870 foreign nationals (6.7%). 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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