A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Gorses has 2.9%. For Gorses, the census puts couples with children at 18%. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 95% of compared French towns. This Lot town is home to 345 residents in 170 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Lot 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 Gorses
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 62 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gorses, 22% of its 280 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 Gorses’ residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 43 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
22% of homes in Gorses are second homes
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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Gorses comes in at 16%. Across Gorses, 7.6% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Gorses’s population changed by +8% since 2012, more than in 64% 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 change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Lot town −1%.
Half of Gorses is over 52, older than 89% 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
■ Gorses 52. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Gorses comes in at 26%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 82% of compared French towns: 44%
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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2 people. Gorses has fewer single-parent households than 69% of compared French towns, at 8.8%. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,890 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,890 a year: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 53%, a higher share than 98% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Gorses has 8.8%. Across the comparison, 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).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 64% of compared French towns: 6.1%
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.
That is lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The census found that 5.8% of residents are immigrants in Gorses.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Gorses ranks below 59% of compared French towns on single residents: 24%
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
Higher than in 53% of compared French towns: 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns: 21%
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Gorses (19%). In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 345 to 2,582
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).
2 of 4 neighbors are older than Gorses
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorses | 52 | 26% | 22% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 8.1 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 12.8 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 14.9 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 15.7 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
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 Gorses
What is the population of Gorses?
345 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (319).
How old are Gorses’ residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gorses?
62, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gorses?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (6.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gorses?
€22,890 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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