3.1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 181 residents in Galez, living in 83 households. For Galez, the census puts households without a car at 4.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Galez
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Galez, 14% of its 96 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 89% 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.
14% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% 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
32% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.2% moved in within the last two years. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A growing town: +14% since 2012, faster than 79% 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 ±0% for the median Hautes-Pyrénées town, the change came in two steps: +14% from 2012 to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
A median age of 45.5: Galez is older than 60% 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
■ Galez 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Galez ranks below 95% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 6.3%
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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Galez has 19%. 44% of households are one person living alone, more than in 81% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%.
A median standard of living of €24,350 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 €24,350 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 79% of compared French towns: 19%
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: 6.3% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 31% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.8% in Galez, less 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 (2.2%), Galez is below 77% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Hautes-Pyrénées has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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.
A higher share of single residents than 70% of compared French towns, at 28%
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 share of married residents stands at 42%. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 79% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 25%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 181 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.
No nearby town is as young as Galez
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galez | 45.5 | 23% | 14% | 3.8% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 4.8 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Montréjeau 2,648 · 10.8 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 4% | 8.1% |
| Barbazan-Debat 3,478 · 14.4 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 2% | 5.6% |
| Soues 2,988 · 15.4 mi | 49.8 | 28% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 15.4 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 7,114 · 15.4 mi | 56 | 37% | 43% | 7.5% |
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 Galez
What is the population of Galez?
181 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (159).
How old are Galez’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Galez?
13, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Galez?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Galez?
€24,350 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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