A median age of 54.5: Camarès is older than 93% of compared French towns
2% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). In 2023, the Census found 1,030 residents in Camarès, living in 520 households. The census found that nearly a fifth of households are couples with children in the town. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 5.8% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Camarès
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 210 second homes and occasional dwellings in Camarès, 26% of its 810 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 84% 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 Camarès’ residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 26% of its 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
Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten homes stand empty. Lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 21% of homes are flats.
From 2012 to 2023, 52% of compared French towns grew faster than Camarès: +4%
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 first five years brought +5%; the six to 2023, −1%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 32%, a higher share than 90% 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
■ Camarès 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Camarès comes in at 8.1%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Camarès ranks above 79% of compared French towns on one-person households: 43%
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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 1.9 people each. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 8.8%, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €23,020 a year in standard of living
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.
At €23,020 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 75% of compared French towns: 37%
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
Here 11% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. The usual figure: 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).
4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 74% 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.
3% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Camarès
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 share of married residents stands at 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
In Camarès, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 60% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (28%), Camarès is below 57% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,030 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).
Camarès and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camarès | 54.5 | 32% | 26% | 4% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 9.3 mi | 49.9 | 30% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
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 Camarès
What is the population of Camarès?
1,030 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (987).
How old are Camarès’ residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Camarès?
210, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Camarès?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Camarès?
€23,020 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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