Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Uzer is over 56
Flats make up 1.7%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Uzer had 103 residents in 47 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 44% of households are headed by a retired person locally. Empty homes 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 Uzer
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Uzer, 22% of its 60 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Uzer’s residents are under 56 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 22% in Uzer, more than in 94% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, 6.4% of households have no car.
A −2% change since 2012: slower than 78% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Hautes-Pyrénées town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 91% of compared French towns: 33%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Uzer 56. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Uzer, 12%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Uzer ranks below 64% of compared French towns on couples with children: 22%
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
Just over one in ten households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In Uzer, 33% of households are one person living alone.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 11% of households are headed by a manual worker
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. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 83% of compared French towns: 2.9% of residents are immigrants
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.
4.8% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 21. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Uzer sits above 95% of compared French towns for married residents (51%)
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 make up 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 85% of compared French towns: 13%
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 make up 35%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (103 to 2,582 people), 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Uzer
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uzer | 56 | 33% | 22% | 2.9% |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 7,114 · 2.2 mi | 56 | 37% | 43% | 7.5% |
| Barbazan-Debat 3,478 · 9.1 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 2% | 5.6% |
| Soues 2,988 · 9.9 mi | 49.8 | 28% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 10.4 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Odos 3,265 · 10.6 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 1.7% | 5.2% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 11.2 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
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 Uzer
What is the population of Uzer?
103 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (105).
How old are Uzer’s residents?
The median age is 56, older than 95% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Uzer?
13, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Uzer?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (4.8%). 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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