Escots is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.5
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Escots’s population at 39, in 26 households. The census found that 3.7% of homes are flats locally. Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Escots has 25%.
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 Escots
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 5 second homes and occasional dwellings in Escots, 15% of its 36 homes: higher than in 91% 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 Escots’ residents are under 60.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 45% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 21% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Escots had 26 residents at the 2012 census and 39 in 2023, up 50%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Escots’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 31% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 15% of its homes
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
One household in 19 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. The share of households without a car stands at 5.3%. On empty homes, Escots sits higher than 95% of compared French towns: 15%.
A +50% change since 2012: faster than 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +31%, and from 2017 to 2023 +15%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hautes-Pyrénées town ±0%.
Escots: 45% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% 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
■ Escots 60.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.4% of residents are 15 to 24 in Escots. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
38% women, 62% men
About 61 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 50%
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
Households average 1.5 people. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Escots: 50% of households are headed by a retired person, above 97% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of Escots’ residents
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 46%, a higher share than 99% 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
Married residents make up 29%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 44%, a higher share than 87% 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
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 39 to 2,582
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.
No nearby town is as old as Escots
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escots | 60.5 | 45% | 15% | 0% |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 7,114 · 5.7 mi | 56 | 37% | 43% | 7.5% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 7.4 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Barbazan-Debat 3,478 · 11.8 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 2% | 5.6% |
| Soues 2,988 · 12.8 mi | 49.8 | 28% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 13.9 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
| Odos 3,265 · 13.9 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 1.7% | 5.2% |
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 Escots
What is the population of Escots?
39 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 50% more than in 2012 (26).
How old are Escots’ residents?
The median age is 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 6.9% are under 18 and 45% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Escots?
5, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Escots?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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