A median age of 60: Grust is older than 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 38 residents in 19 households. 1.9% of homes stand empty. Here a third of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%.
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 Grust
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 86 second homes and occasional dwellings in Grust, 80% of its 110 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 80% 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 Grust’s residents are under 60 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Grust had 46 residents at the 2012 census and 38 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
80% of homes are second homes, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Grust, 15%. Census figures put households without a car at 11% in the town. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Grust: −17%
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Hautes-Pyrénées town ±0%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −20%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Grust sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.3%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Grust 60. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of residents are 65 or over in Grust. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Grust, 33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns
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. Each household has 2 people on average. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 55% of compared French towns: 33%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 32% 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).
In Grust, 2.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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.
The median compared commune in Hautes-Pyrénées has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. By way of 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.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Grust. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 24% in Grust, more than in 75% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 38 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Grust
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grust | 60 | 34% | 80% | 2.6% |
| Argelès-Gazost 2,761 · 8.8 mi | 59.7 | 41% | 27% | 5.1% |
| Lourdes 13,266 · 14.5 mi | 55.1 | 34% | 12% | 16% |
| 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 Grust
What is the population of Grust?
38 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (46).
How old are Grust’s residents?
The median age is 60, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Grust?
86, with occasional dwellings: 80% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Grust?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% 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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