Above 99% of compared French towns: 42% of households are couples with children
The share of households without a car is 1.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. There were 110 households in La Gimond at the 2023 Census, home to 279 residents. About one in 12: that is how common flats are in La Gimond (8.5%). Lower than in 86% of compared French towns: 24% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the 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 La Gimond
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 4.8% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Gimond had 291 residents at the 2012 census and 279 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 85% of compared French towns: La Gimond changed by −4% since 2012
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
The first five years brought −5%; the six to 2023, +1%.
La Gimond sits below 71% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (19%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Gimond 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Half of La Gimond’s residents are over 44.2, older than in 51% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 19% of households are one person living alone in La Gimond
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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
4.8% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.6 people.
A lower share of households in social housing than 78% of compared French towns, at 6.7%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 30% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.5% (under two years). Second homes are more common here than in 73% of compared French towns. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 6%.
At the median, €25,490 a year to live on
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 €25,490 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 33% 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
Locally, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Across the comparison, 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).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, below 97% 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 Loire has 5.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 1.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 56%
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: 21%, below 89% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 72% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in La Gimond comes in at 35%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
41 French towns of 279 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
La Gimond is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Gimond | 44.2 | 19% | 4.3% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Héand 3,665 · 2.7 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 2.4% | 1.9% |
| Sorbiers 8,116 · 4.6 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.2% | 5% |
| L'Étrat 2,879 · 5.1 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.5% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Galmier 5,829 · 5.4 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| La Talaudière 7,133 · 5.4 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 1.5% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise 3,785 · 5.6 mi | 47.2 | 29% | 1.7% | 4.6% |
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 La Gimond
What is the population of La Gimond?
279 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (291).
How old are La Gimond’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Gimond?
5, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Gimond?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Gimond?
€25,490 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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