Ger is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.8
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Ger’s 76 households held 160 residents at the 2023 Census. In Ger, 8.7% of homes are flats. The share of households headed by a retired person tops 83% of compared French towns: 40%.
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 Ger
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ger, 23% of its 100 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ger had 182 residents at the 2012 census and 160 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Ger’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 23% 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
The figure for households without a car is 5.3% in Ger and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 2.9% of homes stand empty, or about one in 34.
Ger’s population moved −12% on 2012, less than in 98% 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 −14%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hautes-Pyrénées town ±0%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns: 6.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ger 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 29%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 90% of compared French towns: 27%
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. The average household has 2.1 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Ger has 27%.
€25,250 a year: the median standard of living
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 €25,250 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 6.7% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ger sits below 75% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.8%)
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.
In Ger, 1.9% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Ger sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (17%)
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Ger comes in at 50%. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Ger
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 35% in Ger and 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 160 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Ger, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ger | 54.8 | 29% | 23% | 3.8% |
| Lourdes 13,266 · 3 mi | 55.1 | 34% | 12% | 16% |
| Argelès-Gazost 2,761 · 4.4 mi | 59.7 | 41% | 27% | 5.1% |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 7,114 · 9.8 mi | 56 | 37% | 43% | 7.5% |
| Pontacq 2,925 · 9.9 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Juillan 3,999 · 10.4 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2.1% | 5.2% |
| Odos 3,265 · 11 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 Ger
What is the population of Ger?
160 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (182).
How old are Ger’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ger?
24, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ger?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ger?
€25,250 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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