Households without a car: 1.6%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Hitte comes in at 2.9%. Census day 2023: 133 residents and 62 households locally. Put another way, about one in four: 23% of households are headed by a manual worker. The town has more second homes than 80% of compared French towns, at 5.9%.
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 Hitte
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hitte had 163 residents at the 2012 census and 133 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Hitte’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Hitte changed by −18% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hautes-Pyrénées town ±0%.
A median age of 50.8: Hitte is older than 85% 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
■ Hitte 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 30%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Hitte (11%).
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
Single-parent households make up 23% in Hitte, more than in 99% 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
With one-person households at 31%, Hitte is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. On top of that, the town has fewer couples with children than 61% of compared French towns, at 23%. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
In Hitte, 1.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,470 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 €27,470 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 89% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Here 7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. To put it in context, 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).
Hitte ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.7%
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 share of foreign nationals trails 98% of compared French towns: 0.7%. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Hautes-Pyrénées has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 37% in Hitte, less than in 82% of compared French towns
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
In Hitte, just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Hitte
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 share of graduates of higher education stands at 31%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
41 French towns of 133 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th 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).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Hitte are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitte | 50.8 | 30% | 5.9% | 0.7% |
| Barbazan-Debat 3,478 · 4.3 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 2% | 5.6% |
| Soues 2,988 · 5.3 mi | 49.8 | 28% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 7,114 · 5.7 mi | 56 | 37% | 43% | 7.5% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 6.4 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
| Odos 3,265 · 6.6 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 1.7% | 5.2% |
| Aureilhan 8,031 · 7.7 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 1.2% | 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 Hitte
What is the population of Hitte?
133 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (163).
How old are Hitte’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hitte?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hitte?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hitte?
€27,470 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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