A median age of 58.9: Ginals is older than 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 203 residents and 110 households in Ginals. Here, 2.9% of households have no car. Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Ginals has 46%.
Throughout this page, the Tarn-et-Garonne 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 Ginals
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 88 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ginals, 42% of its 210 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Ginals’ residents are under 58.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
42% of homes in Ginals 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
Nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. Fewer flats than in 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 6.7%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Ginals has changed by ±0%, slower than 70% 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
The median Tarn-et-Garonne town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six −2%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ginals 58.9. The median compared French town: 44.
36% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn-et-Garonne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
16% of households are couples with children, below 89% 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 Tarn-et-Garonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 1.9 people each. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€19,320 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 median standard of living in Ginals is €19,320 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 9.1%, a lower share than 82% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Ginals has 7.1%. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. 35% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Ginals, 12% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 86% 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.
11% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 75% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn-et-Garonne has 8.1%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Only 38% of residents 15 and over are married in Ginals
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
The census found that 25% of residents 15 and over are single in Ginals. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns, at 41%
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 figure for adults with no qualification is 17% in Ginals and 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 203 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Ginals
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ginals | 58.9 | 36% | 42% | 11% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 12 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Caussade 6,803 · 17.3 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 3.1% | 8.8% |
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 Ginals
What is the population of Ginals?
203 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (203).
How old are Ginals’ residents?
The median age is 58.9, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ginals?
88, with occasional dwellings: 42% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ginals?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ginals?
€19,320 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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