In Gestel, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
In Gestel, 7.1% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. This Morbihan town counted 2,601 residents and 1,140 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 4.4% of households have no car. The median age here is 48.2, higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Morbihan 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.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 81% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Morbihan. Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Below 56% of compared French towns: 21% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gestel 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
For Gestel, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Above 69% of compared French towns: 29% of households are couples with children
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 Morbihan median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 8.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns.
0.4% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 97% 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: 8.6% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 4.6% of homes stand empty, or about one in 22.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,760 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 €27,760 a year: higher than in 68% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 6.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Gestel ranks above 82% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 20%
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
Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 33%, more than in 55% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%. One in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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.
With foreign nationals at 0.9%, Gestel is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count. 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.
Married residents: 51%, a higher share than 93% of compared French towns
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
By its share of single residents (20%), Gestel is below 89% of compared French towns. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 84% 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
In Gestel, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Bourguébus (34.6), the oldest Bessèges (59.4).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Gestel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Gestel
What is the population of Gestel?
2,601 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (2,675).
How old are Gestel’s residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gestel?
5, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gestel?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gestel?
€27,760 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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