Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0Cabannes: 31% of households are couples with children, above 80% of compared French towns
With households without a car at 7.9%, Cabannes is behind two thirds of compared French towns on that count. A fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 84% of compared French towns. The town’s 2,000 households held 4,595 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 9.1% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Bouches-du-Rhône 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.
Cabannes grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 53% 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 first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, +3%.
Older than 57% of compared French towns: half of Cabannes is over 45
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cabannes 45. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Cabannes has 21%. Here, 10% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 68% 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 Bouches-du-Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Cabannes, 11% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Cabannes sits below 61% of compared French towns for flats (24%)
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 arrived within the last two years, while 21% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have as many empty homes: 8.3% here, more than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Little separates the share of second homes here, 2.8%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
€23,880 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 Cabannes is €23,880 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 73% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 19.0% of residents.
Cabannes sits below 70% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (29%)
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
Across Cabannes, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are immigrants, more than in 76% 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.
Foreign nationals: 7.4% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Bouches-du-Rhône has 6.3%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 76% of compared French towns. 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.
Single residents: 26%, a higher share than 56% 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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in Cabannes. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
25% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 79% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 graduates of higher education is 26% in Cabannes and 30% in the typical compared French town. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,554 to 4,635 people), the 19th 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.
The youngest is Biache-Saint-Vaast (38.5), the oldest Leucate (63).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Cabannes are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabannes | 45 | 21% | 2.8% | 11% |
| Saint-Andiol 3,353 · 1.8 mi | 45 | 21% | 3.4% | 8.9% |
| Caumont-sur-Durance 5,667 · 2.5 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 2.9% | 8.2% |
| Noves 6,080 · 2.6 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 4% | 4.9% |
| Mollégès 2,647 · 3.7 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 6.2% | 5% |
| Plan-d'Orgon 3,573 · 4.1 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 3.8% | 6.7% |
| Cavaillon 25,636 · 4.7 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 3.1% | 20% |
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 Cabannes
What is the population of Cabannes?
4,595 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (4,357).
How old are Cabannes’ residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cabannes?
63, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cabannes?
INSEE counts 520 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 340 foreign nationals (7.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cabannes?
€23,880 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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