A median age of 53.7: Cantaron is older than 92% of compared French towns
The figure for households in social housing is 1.1% in Cantaron and 12% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 43% of households are headed by a retired person in the town. 28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,268 people lived in the town, in 550 households.
Throughout this page, the Alpes-Maritimes 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 Cantaron
An older town
Half of Cantaron’s residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cantaron had 1,337 residents at the 2012 census and 1,268 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −5% since 2012 leaves Cantaron behind 88% 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
Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Cantaron: 31% of residents are 65 or over, above 87% 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
■ Cantaron 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 69% of compared French towns: 9.7%. As a reference point, 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: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
6.3% of households are single parents, below 94% 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 Alpes-Maritimes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children here.
Cantaron sits below 87% of compared French towns for households without a car (5.1%)
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
Some 7.8% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 36% who have been there 30 years or more. The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 9.7%. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 3.4%, more than in 66% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €29,190 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 €29,190 a year: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 82% of compared French towns, at 9%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Cantaron comes in at 8.1%. As a yardstick, 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).
Cantaron: 7.1% of residents are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Alpes-Maritimes has 11%. About one in 26: that is how common foreign nationals are in Cantaron (3.9%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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
Here a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 77% of compared French towns, at 14%
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 share of graduates of higher education is 32%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,268 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Cantaron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantaron | 53.7 | 31% | 3.4% | 7.1% |
| Drap 5,484 · 0.7 mi | 40.1 | 20% | 1.4% | 12% |
| La Trinité 10,602 · 1.9 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 2.8% | 11% |
| Saint-André-de-la-Roche 5,896 · 2.3 mi | 41.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 12% |
| Contes 7,897 · 2.8 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 4.5% | 5.4% |
| Tourrette-Levens 4,624 · 2.9 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 6.9% |
| Beaulieu-sur-Mer 3,874 · 4.3 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 40% | 22% |
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 Cantaron
What is the population of Cantaron?
1,268 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,337).
How old are Cantaron’s residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cantaron?
21, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cantaron?
INSEE counts 90 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 49 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cantaron?
€29,190 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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