A median age of 57.8: Ilhet is older than 97% of compared French towns
18% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). Ilhet had 122 residents in 61 households at the 2023 census. Flats account for 1.5%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Ilhet
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 51 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ilhet, 39% of its 130 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Ilhet’s residents are under 57.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 20 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ilhet had 129 residents at the 2012 census and 122 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 39%
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
Car-free households: one in 20, where the median compared French town has 11%. On the census count, 15% of homes stand empty. Households without a car are rarer here than in 88% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 89% of compared French towns grew faster than Ilhet: −5%
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 −9%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hautes-Pyrénées town ±0%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5% in Ilhet, less than in 99% 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
■ Ilhet 57.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 37% of residents are 65 or over here. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 55% of compared French towns: 36%
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
On single-parent households, 9.1% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2 people. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Households headed by a retired person: 45%, a higher share than 93% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 18%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.3% in Ilhet, less than in 79% 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 95% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 17%, a lower share than 60% 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
Graduates of higher education account for 31%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 122 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Ilhet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilhet | 57.8 | 37% | 39% | 3.3% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 10.8 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Montréjeau 2,648 · 12.5 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 4% | 8.1% |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 7,114 · 13.6 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 Ilhet
What is the population of Ilhet?
122 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (129).
How old are Ilhet’s residents?
The median age is 57.8, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ilhet?
51, with occasional dwellings: 39% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ilhet?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% 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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