A median age of 53.6: Gauville is older than 92% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 150 households in Gauville at the 2023 Census, home to 327 residents. The share of households without a car stands at 6.5%. Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Gauville has 46%.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Gauville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gauville had 373 residents at the 2012 census and 327 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Gauville’s residents are under 53.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Gauville: −12%
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 −7%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Somme town −3%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of compared French towns: 8.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gauville 53.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 6.6% of households are single parents in Gauville
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households is 32%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
A higher share of households in social housing than 61% of compared French towns, at 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
1.3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 30% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing make up 12% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 6.1%.
€24,650 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €24,650 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
21% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 85% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (7.2%), Gauville is below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. For 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).
0.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 82% of compared French towns, at 48%
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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Gauville, 24%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 96% 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
Adults with no qualification: 32% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 327 to 2,582 people
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.
1 of 5 neighbors are older than Gauville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gauville | 53.6 | 27% | 2.4% | 0.3% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 10.5 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 2,819 · 12.7 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Neufchâtel-en-Bray 4,662 · 16 mi | 51.7 | 34% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Forges-les-Eaux 3,642 · 16.1 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 2.7% | 2.1% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 17.7 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
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 Gauville
What is the population of Gauville?
327 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (373).
How old are Gauville’s residents?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gauville?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gauville?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.3% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gauville?
€24,650 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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