A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 44%
5.4% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). The 2023 Census counted 463 residents in 180 households. Residents aged 65 and over: 10% of the total. Few places have as many second homes: 4% here, more than in 71% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Garonne 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 Grès
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Le Grès had 384 residents at the 2012 census and 463 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 15% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Grès grew +21% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 91% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +15% for the median Haute-Garonne town, the change came in two steps: +13% from 2012 to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
Younger than 76% of compared French towns: half of Le Grès is under 40.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Grès 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 52% of compared French towns: 11%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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 Haute-Garonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Le Grès comes in at 11%. The average household has 2.6 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Le Grès, 2.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Le Grès comes in at 1.9%. Empty homes are more common here than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €27,690 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.
At €27,690 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
13% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 99% 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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Le Grès has 31%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.5% in Le Grès, less 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.
Foreign nationals: 3.5% of the total. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Le Grès sits below 72% of compared French towns for single residents (23%)
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 census found that 44% of residents 15 and over are married in Le Grès. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Le Grès, 47% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 91% 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
With adults with no qualification at 11%, Le Grès is behind 91% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 463 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Le Grès, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Grès | 40.6 | 10% | 4% | 4.5% |
| L'Isle-Jourdain 9,537 · 7.4 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
| Daux 2,643 · 8.7 mi | 38 | 13% | 0.7% | 5.2% |
| Merville 6,760 · 9.6 mi | 36.9 | 12% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Mondonville 6,060 · 9.9 mi | 35.5 | 11% | 1.1% | 8% |
| Grenade 9,062 · 10 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 1.6% | 7.7% |
| Brax 3,037 · 10.1 mi | 44.5 | 16% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
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 Grès
What is the population of Le Grès?
463 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (384).
How old are Le Grès’ residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Grès?
8, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Grès?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Grès?
€27,690 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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