Gouaux is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 72% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up just over a third of residents.
What makes Gouaux stand out
The 2 things Gouaux does most differently from other towns.
Chapelle de l'Invention-de-Saint-Etienne ou Chapelle Saint-Etienne: Photo: Filou · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gouaux.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Gouaux than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 9.1% are under 15
57.5median age
49% of adults hold a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up 1.8% of the town, lower than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are just over a third of the population.
GouauxHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma2%
CAP or BEP16%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education49%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Gouaux: 26% were built before 1919, more than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and across compared French towns
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Gouaux, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Gouaux has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.3 for each
0%walk, cycle or take transit
0.0% of Gouaux’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 89% drove.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Gouaux, 0.3 per working resident
0.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
Gouaux is a commune of 54 people in the Communauté de communes Aure Louron. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Population
54 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Aure Louron
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.3 sq mi (6.1 km²)
INSEE code
65205
Gouaux’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
