A median age of 56.5: Gerde is older than 96% of compared French towns
A fifth of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. At 6.8%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is lower than in 91% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 1,196 residents in Gerde, living in 590 households. The census found that 6.7% of households have no car here.
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 Gerde
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 95 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gerde, 13% of its 730 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Gerde’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% 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.
Gerde: 13% of homes are second homes, above 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
At 5.8%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 11: nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM). Lower than in 82% of compared French towns: 13% of homes are flats. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
Gerde changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 69% 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 change was −5%; from 2017 to 2023, +5%.
38% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% 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
■ Gerde 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 85% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
There are 2 people in the average household. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 35%, the share of one-person households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €26,470 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of Gerde’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,470 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
46% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 94% 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
Put another way, about one in 12: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Set beside that, 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).
4.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 64% 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.
Locally, 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals. For comparison, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 88% of compared French towns, at 49%
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
Single residents: 21%, below 85% of compared French towns. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Gerde, 39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 76% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Gerde, 15%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,196 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 Gerde
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerde | 56.5 | 38% | 13% | 4.9% |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 7,114 · 0.8 mi | 56 | 37% | 43% | 7.5% |
| Barbazan-Debat 3,478 · 10 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 2% | 5.6% |
| Soues 2,988 · 10.7 mi | 49.8 | 28% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Lourdes 13,266 · 10.8 mi | 55.1 | 34% | 12% | 16% |
| Odos 3,265 · 11 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 1.7% | 5.2% |
| Juillan 3,999 · 11.9 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2.1% | 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 Gerde
What is the population of Gerde?
1,196 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,193).
How old are Gerde’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gerde?
95, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gerde?
INSEE counts 59 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gerde?
€26,470 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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