Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Esbareich is over 61.2
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Esbareich comes in at 3.6%. Across Esbareich, 10% of households are couples with children. On households without a car, Esbareich sits lower than 95% of compared French towns: 3.8%. The town’s 48 households held 83 residents at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Hautes-Pyrénées 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 Esbareich
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Esbareich, 50% of its 100 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Esbareich’s residents are under 61.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 50% in Esbareich, more than in 97% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. 2.8% of homes stand empty.
Faster growth than 72% of compared French towns: Esbareich changed by +11% since 2012
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 those years, the median Hautes-Pyrénées town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +9%, then +1% to 2023.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 43% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Esbareich 61.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8%, below 85% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 40% in Esbareich, more than in 69% 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 Hautes-Pyrénées median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. A household here holds 1.7 people on average. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Esbareich ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 80%
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 come to 10% in Esbareich, about one in ten. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.2% of residents are immigrants in Esbareich
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hautes-Pyrénées has 7.4%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. About one in 91: that is how common foreign nationals are in Esbareich (1.1%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Esbareich: 27% of residents 15 and over are single, above 61% of compared French towns
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
Locally, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 93% 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
Nearly a fifth of Esbareich’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 11% have no diploma (19%).
The 3rd oldest of 41 French towns of 83 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Esbareich
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esbareich | 61.2 | 43% | 50% | 2.2% |
| Montréjeau 2,648 · 9.8 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 4% | 8.1% |
| Saint-Gaudens 12,139 · 14.2 mi | 50.1 | 31% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 15 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
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 Esbareich
What is the population of Esbareich?
83 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (75).
How old are Esbareich’s residents?
The median age is 61.2, older than 99% of compared French towns. 7.7% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Esbareich?
52, with occasional dwellings: 50% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Esbareich?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.1%). 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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