A median age of 56.8: Gizeux is older than 96% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Gizeux has 17%. This Indre-et-Loire town counted 382 residents and 200 households at the 2023 Census. Flats: 1.1% of the total. 7% of households have no car, a lower share than in 73% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Indre-et-Loire 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 Gizeux
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gizeux, 12% of its 270 homes: higher than in 89% 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 Gizeux’s residents are under 56.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gizeux had 422 residents at the 2012 census and 382 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 40 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Gizeux sits above 95% of compared French towns for empty homes (15%)
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
Just over one in ten homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Across Gizeux, 7.5% of households rent social housing (HLM).
A −9% change since 2012: slower than 96% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −8%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre-et-Loire town +5%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gizeux 56.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 36% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
10% of households are single parents, fewer than in 50% 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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 1.9 people. One-person households make up 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,350 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,350 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 25%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Gizeux has 5%. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The census found that a third of households are headed by a retired person locally.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Gizeux: 6% 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.
About one in 17: that is how common immigrants are in Gizeux (6%). That is lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Indre-et-Loire has 4.3%. Foreign nationals make up 4.4%, close to the figure 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.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Here 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Gizeux ranks above 93% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 31%
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 is 21%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (382 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Gizeux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gizeux | 56.8 | 36% | 12% | 6% |
| Bourgueil 3,631 · 7.4 mi | 52 | 31% | 7.8% | 2.5% |
| Noyant-Villages 5,448 · 9 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 12% | 5% |
| Allonnes 2,911 · 10.2 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 3.7% | 2.3% |
| Langeais 4,367 · 10.3 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 2.5% | 5.6% |
| Vivy 2,582 · 12.5 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 2.8% | 2.1% |
| Cinq-Mars-la-Pile 4,015 · 12.6 mi | 38.4 | 14% | 2.7% | 2.9% |
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 Gizeux
What is the population of Gizeux?
382 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (422).
How old are Gizeux’s residents?
The median age is 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gizeux?
32, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gizeux?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gizeux?
€23,350 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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